Sharron Davies brought to tears recalling mother's final days

Olympic legend Sharron Davies was brought to tears on Good Morning Britain today as she remembered her mother battling broken bones in her gruelling final days after being infected with contaminated blood.

Olympic legend Sharron Davies was brought to tears on Good Morning Britain today as she remembered her mother battling broken bones in her gruelling final days after being infected with contaminated blood Ms Davies also discussed the tragic story of her mother's death on GB News today and said that the 'NHS seriously let her down'.

The 61-year-old was visibly moved by her fellow guests' stories and said 'these two poor people didn't have their parents', adding that 'I had my mum until she was 78'The Olympic swimmer also discussed the tragic story of her mother's death on GB News today and said that the 'NHS seriously let her down'Read More Infected blood scandal RECAP: Reaction as long-awaited report blames 'worst treatment disaster' in NHS history on MPs, doctors and civil...

Sharron Davies pictured ahead of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Ms Davies compared Britain's slow response to the scandal to the Post Office saga and pointed to France and Japan as countries which had dealt with it better Read More 'A lot of the villains in this story have died': How doctors who gave patients contaminated blood will never face justice due to delays - as Ken Clarke, Margaret Thatcher and Arthur Bloom are blasted in report A doctor told Sheila it must have been during the operation that she contracted the infection which went on to damage her liver and cause cancer.

She described Sheila as 'just one of these really law-abiding, honest, hard-working women that paid into the system'. The Prime Minister said it was a 'day of shame to the British state' and promised to pay 'comprehensive compensation' to the victims after the publication of the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry today.

A report into the NHS' infected blood scandal has found that it was 'not an accident' but the result of a series of shocking failures followed by a 'pervasive' cover-up

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