Infected Blood Scandal Reveals Serious Criminal and Ethical Issues for NHS: MPs Told theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
it s emerged that the government was involved in secret medical trials on children who had the blood clotting disorder haemophilia. the trials were carried out on boys without the consent of their families in the 1970s and 80s, and using a blood product known to possibly be infected with hepatitis. the children are some of the 30,000 people in the uk who were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products over two decades. it s believed about 3,000 people have died. our health editor hugh pym has been speaking to a group of men who attended one of the schools where the secret medical research was carried out. treloar school had a medical unit on site so that if haemophiliac boys had bleeding episodes, they could be treated quickly. they thought blood products were for their treatment. they didn t realise they were part of trials for preventative measures known as prophylaxis, with a lot more doses.
ITV drama about infected blood scandal announced as victim hopes it "remains faithful" to reality yorkshirepost.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorkshirepost.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.