LONDON (AP) — British authorities and the country’s public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal found Monday.
An estimated 3,000 people in the United Kingdom are believed to have died and many others were left with lifelong illnesses after receiving blood or blood products tainted with HIV or hepatitis in the 1970s to the early 1990s.
The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest disaster in the history of Britain’s state-run National Health Service since its inception in 1948.
Former judge Brian Langstaff, who chaired the inquiry, slammed successive governments and medical professionals for “a catalogue of failures” and refusal to admit responsibility to save face and expense. He found that deliberate attempts were made to conceal the scandal, and there was evidence of government officials destroying documents.
The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
Organizations Work Together to Strengthen Protection of Changzhou Women's Rights
ACWF Improves Cadres' Ability to Protect Women, Children's Rights
China Makes Remarkable Progress in Education in 2022
Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise
Organizations Aim for Better Protection of Women with Revised Law
Ordos Protects Women Employees' Rights
Shenzhen Promotes Construction of Child Friendly City
College baseball notebook: Conference tournaments to decide NCAA automatic bids and many at
Federation Launches a Project to Strengthen Capacity in Family Education
Russian theater director and playwright go on trial over a play authorities say justifies terrorism
2022 'She Can' Public Welfare Project Kicks off in Chengdu