National Health Service in the 19705, 80s and 905. Many have since died, others unknowingly passed infections on to their partners, who then died. Victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. Chloe hayward explains. It is known as the biggest Treatment Disaster in nhs history, and so far we know 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected Blood Products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories the people with rare genetic Blood Clotting Disorders such as The Haemophiliacs and people who needed Blood Transfusions after surgery, for example. Lets start with this first group, The Haemophiliacs. People with Blood Clotting Disorders need a special protein called factor viii or factor ix injected which helps their blood clot. But by the 19705, the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these Blood Products, and so they started to import from america. But because america pays fo
Some unknowingly passed infections on to their partners, who then also died. Victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. Chloe hayward explains. Its known as the biggest Treatment Disaster in nhs history and, so far, we know 3,000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected Blood Products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories the people with rare genetic Blood Clotting Disorders and people who needed Blood Transfusions after surgery, for example. Lets start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. People with Blood Clotting Disorders need a special protein called factor viii or factor ix injected which helps their blood clot, but by the 1970s, the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these Blood Products and so they started to import from america. But because america pays for blood plasma, rather than it being donated forfree, it came from a lot of high risk individuals
If you buy a home today in america, theres a oneinfive chance that you will end up living under rules imposed by what we call a board of directors, usually elected by you, the local resident. This board has very broad powers, and based on certain guidelines, well, they dictate just about everything in the community from the color scheme, how many cars can be in the driveway, how high your grass can be. And a lot of states . Guess what, guys . They have the power to take your home if you dont make your monthly dues payments and assessments. Very, very important to understand this. In some cases, people really enjoy homeowners associations. Why . Because they protect them. In other cases, i must tell you, they are a nightmare. They can be totalitarian regimes, but most totalitarian regimes, while they have their downsides, they also can be clean and orderly. This is karen and james. They bought a home in an hoamanaged neighborhood and one day found themselves in the middle of a major bat
If you buy a home today in america, theres a oneinfive chance that you will end up living under rules imposed by what we call a board of directors, usually elected by you, the local resident. This board has very broad powers, and based on certain guidelines, well, they dictate just about everything in the community from the color scheme, how many cars can be in the driveway, how high your grass can be. And a lot of states . Guess what, guys . They have the power to take your home if you dont make your monthly dues payments and assessments. Very, very important to understand this. In some cases, people really enjoy homeowners associations. Why . Because they protect them. In other cases, i must tell you, they are a nightmare. They can be totalitarian regimes, but most totalitarian regimes, while they have their downsides, they also can be clean and orderly. This is karen and james. They bought a home in an hoamanaged neighborhood and one day found themselves in the middle of a major bat
If you buy a home today in america, theres a oneinfive chance that you will end up living under rules imposed by what we call a board of directors, usually elected by you, the local resident. This board has very broad powers, and based on certain guidelines, well, they dictate just about everything in the community from the color scheme, how many cars can be in the driveway, how high your grass can be. And a lot of states . Guess what, guys . They have the power to take your home if you dont make your monthly dues payments and assessments. Very, very important to understand this. In some cases, people really enjoy homeowners associations. Why . Because they protect them. In other cases, i must tell you, they are a nightmare. They can be totalitarian regimes, but most totalitarian regimes, while they have their downsides, they also can be clean and orderly. This is karen and james. They bought a home in an hoamanaged neighborhood and one day found themselves in the middle of a major bat