landmark documentary about the aids crisis. i had a blood test which the hospital confirmed was hiv. bob threackall was infected after being given contaminated drugs for the blood disorder haemophilia. you know, you see things on television it s so far removed from everything you know, you don t even consider that you could be part of anything like that, but you can. now a retired teacher, sue has spent decades trying to find out what happened and what was known about the risks. 0ver that time, we have battled mps, various parliamentarians, civil servants, the medical profession, the pharmaceutical company. i mean, itjust goes on and on and on. bob died just months after that programme was filmed. so, that would have been about 87, 88? yeah, about 87. he was one of thousands infected with hiv or hepatitis after taking drugs imported from abroad, or being given a transfusion.
nobody in the threckle household thought that they could be affected by aids. in 1991, the bbc broadcast this landmark documentary about the aids crisis. i had a blood test which the hospital confirmed was hiv. bob threckle was infected after being given contaminated drug for the blood disorder, haemophilia. you see things on television, it is so far removed from everything you know, you don t even consider that you could be part of anything like that, but you can. now a retired teacher, sue has spent decades trying to find out what happened and what was known about the risks. over time, we have battled mp5, various parliamentarians, civil servants, the medical profession, pharmaceutical companies, itjust goes on and on. bob died just months after that programme is filmed. so, in about 87, 88. yeah. about 87.
about the aids crisis. i had a blood test which the hospital confirmed was hiv. bob threackall was infected after being given contaminated drugs for the blood disorder, haemophilia. you see things on television, it is so far removed from everything you know, you don t even consider that you could be part of anything like that, but you can. now a retired teacher, sue has spent decades trying to find out what happened and what was known about the risks. 0ver that time, we have battled mps, various parliamentarians, civil servants, the medical profession, pharmaceutical companies, itjust goes on and on. bob died just months after that programme is filmed. so, in about 87, 88? yeah. about 87. he was one of thousands infected with hiv or hepatitis after taking drugs imported from abroad,
this weekend and the following two weekends it looks like it will be clear although there might be some knock on effect tomorrow morning as we have seen with recent strikes. just to be aware, next week will see some of the biggest industrial action not on the railway spot in the nhs with nurses, midwives, and physiotherapist, all going on strike over several days. the long running inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 80s will hear closing statements later today. it s been called the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history, with 30,000 people thought to have been infected with hiv or hepatitis c. our health correspondent, jim reed, has more. this nobody in the threckhold household thought that they could be affected by aids. in 1991, the bbc broadcast this landmark documentary about the aids crisis. i had a blood test which
milestone for some people. how do you feel about it? no, it s strange to be an old person. i don t think of myself that way. you know, ifeel young but i have limited time. my life is two thirds done. can i get malaria eradication done? i think so. bill gates. thank you. ..a real pleasure to talk to you. amol rajan, bbc news, kenya. the long running inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the i970s and 80s will hear closing statements later today. it s been called the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history, with 30,000 people thought to have been infected with hiv or hepatitis c. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, has more. archive: nobody in the threackall | household thought that they could | be affected by aids. in 1991, the bbc broadcast this landmark documentary about the aids crisis.