UK’s infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds

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LONDON, May 20 — An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more...

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The government hid the truth to “save face and to save expense”, he said, adding that the cover-up was “more subtle, more pervasive and more chilling in its implications” than any orchestrated conspiracy plot. Other victims were used in medical trials without their knowledge or consent. Those who contracted HIV were often shunned by their communities afterwards.“This disaster was not an accident,” Langstaff said. “The infections happened because those in authority - doctors, the blood services and successive governments - did not put patient safety first.”The use of infected blood has resulted in thousands of victims in the United States, France, Canada and other countries.

Systemic failures resulted in between 80 and 100 people becoming infected with HIV by transfusion, the inquiry found, and about 26,800 were infected with Hepatitis C, often from receiving blood after childbirth or an operation.

 

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