infected with hiv, hepatitis see or both in the 1970s and 80s from contaminated blood. around 3000 people lost their lives, including steve gorman. he was a haemophiliac and his blood did not plot properly. he received medication from the nhs but it came from infected blood donors. his widow, sue, described the impact it had on their lives. i described the impact it had on their lives. their lives. i had my earning ower their lives. i had my earning power taken their lives. i had my earning power taken away their lives. i had my earning power taken away from - their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. j their lives. i had my earning . power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away. we lost our home, everything we had. why shouldn t i, financially, because it is the only thing the government can give me, have some part of what i lost? she will be one of the 4000 vic limbs and bereaved partners who will receive interim condoms that make compensat
his widow, sue, described the impact it had on their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away from me. we lost our home. we lost everything we had. why shouldn t i financially, because that s the only thing the government can now give me, have some part of what i lost. she will be one of the 4,000 victims and bereaved partners who will receive interim compensation of £100,000 from the government. more people are coming forward, with an estimated 30,000 infected. this is undoubtedly a significant milestone. it s the first time in over a0 years that a british government has accepted that compensation must be paid to those caught up in this terrible tragedy of contaminated blood. however, although we very much welcome that this payment of £100,000 is going to the surviving infected and the bereaved partners,
0ur health correspondent simon dedman reports. it s been described as the biggest treatment scandal in the nhs s history. tens of thousands were infected with hiv, hepatitis c or both in the 1970s and 80s from contaminated blood. around 3,000 people lost their lives, including steve gorman. he was a haemophiliac. his blood didn t clot properly. he received medication from the nhs, but it came from infected blood donors. his widow, sue, described the impact it had on their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away from me. we lost our home. we lost everything we had. why shouldn t i financially, because that s the only thing the government can now give me, have some part of what i lost. she will be one of the 4,000 victims and bereaved partners who will receive interim compensation of £100,000 from the government.
it had on their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away from me. we lost our home. we lost everything we had. why shouldn t i financially, because that s the only thing the government can now give me, have some part of what i lost? she will be one of the 4,000 victims and bereaved partners who will receive interim compensation of £100,000 from the government. more people are coming forward, with an estimated 30,000 infected. this is undoubtedly a significant milestone. it s the first time in over 40 years that a british government has accepted that compensation must be paid to those caught up in this terrible tragedy of contaminated blood. however, although we very much welcome that this payment of £100,000 is going to the surviving infected and the bereaved partners, sadly, children who have lost parents and parents who have lost
it had on their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away from me. we lost our home. we lost everything we had. why shouldn t i financially, because that s the only thing the government can now give me, have some part of what i lost. she will be one of the 4,000 victims and bereaved partners who will receive interim compensation of £100,000 from the government. more people are coming forward, with an estimated 30,000 infected. this is undoubtedly a significant milestone. it s the first time in over 40 years that a british government has accepted that compensation must be paid to those caught up in this terrible tragedy of contaminated blood. however, although we very much welcome that this payment of £100,000 is going to the surviving infected and the bereaved partners,