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.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
China's disenchanted youth 'lie flat' to cope with modern lifeBurglary: Hong Kong police arrest three men in relation to $903 million art heistUS warns China will use Olympics to gloss over abusesPalmerston North businesses not sold on benefits of cycle lanesChinese TV authorities move to curb obsessive fan cultureGovernment to spend more money on silt cleanDeath penalty for artist behind Kyoto anime fire, which killed 36Chinese media levels Australian spy claimKaimanawa horses adoptions threatened by cost of livingNational stadium getting closer to becoming reality as assessor views options
2.6911s , 6516.3984375 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal ,Culture Cross news portal