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Phone call, and they never did. they had access to our blood, - our veins, whenever they wanted it, and they exploited that. at the public inquiry, the question was asked did treloar s children become objects of research and study rather than being patients first and foremost? were established medical codes of practice broken? if they were given a higher risk product, which they didn t need therapeutically, and that wasn t necessary for their care, then that would seem to be exploitation, unless there is some clinically valid reason for giving it to them. and in breach of these key international codes. in which case it would have breached the declaration of helsinki. mark stewart, his brother and father, all had very mild von willebrand disease, another form of blood clotting disorder. mark s father was in his late 30s before he was even diagnosed, as his condition was so mild. once a month he would have a little nosebleed, ....
At a specialist school known as treloar s. it had medicalfacilities on site which helped pupils lead a more normal life, but also presented clinical researchers with a unique cohort of children. i met three of the 122 boys who attended the school in the 70s and 80s, gary, steve and ade. every new boy presumably was started on a trial. i mean, i certainly did. i went in 75. by the beginning of 76, i was on a trial for quite some time. research focused on preventative, known as prophylactic treatment, which meant three to four times more of the blood product known to be contaminated was given to the boys than they required. if we didn t go for our prophylaxis appointments, we would either get dragged out of school lessons, because you had missed your appointment, and if you did it so many times, you got black marks. they were also supposed to call. the haemophilia doctors were supposed to call our parents, and they were supposed to make that ....