The 'infected blood scandal' .. the largest therapeutic disaster in the history of Britain

The people affected by the ‘infected blood scandal’ in Britain showed one last time on the eve of the publication of the final report on what was described as the ‘largest treatment disaster’ in the history of the British National Health Services (NHS), since the founding in 1948 in the 1970s and the 1980s, more than 30,000 people in Britain with HIV (AIDs). The injuries extended two main groups; Hemophilia -patients with blood disorders, and those who underwent blood transfusion after birth, surgery and other treatment and announced the opening of an investigation into the incident in 2017, according to the BBC. The Hepatitis C Trust Charity Foundation said the meeting “time to meditate”, and those present were called to wear something red as an expression of unity, and to bring photos of their deceased loved ones. It is scheduled to stand a minute of silence to remember the dead people. The investigation was launched in 2017 by the then Prime Minister Theresa May, and this is the largest general investigation ever conducted in the UK. The ‘infected blood scandal’ is scheduled to publish the investigative committee in the ‘polluted blood scandal’, its final report, Monday, almost 6 years after the start of the research on how tens of thousands were injured as a result of blood transfusions and infected blood products, and it is expected to emphasize how “errors are made on individual, collective and ordinary levels. The report is expected to criticize pharmaceutical companies, medical practitioners, public service employees and politicians, although many of them have already died; Due to the course of a long period of time. The report is also scheduled to pave the way for a major remuneration bill, and the British government will undergo pressure to push it quickly. Were it not for the efforts of the tireless activists, many of whom saw their loved ones die prematurely, perhaps the scandal of the scandal would have been hidden forever, according to the Associated Press. Jason Evans, who was four years old when his father died at the age of 31 in 1993 due to HIV and hepatitis due to the polluted blood plasma product. He added to the US agency: “My dad knew he was dying, and he photographed many home videos, and I had it, and I started repeatedly again, because that’s all I really have.” Evans played an effective role in the decision made by the then Prime Minister Theresa May by establishing the 2017 investigation committee, saying that he “cannot forget this matter”, and she hopes he and many other people can do it on Monday. Who was found infected blood? In the 1970s and eighties of the last century, thousands of people who needed blood transfusions were exposed to hepatitis, including a type still unknown, later called hepatitis C and HIV. People with haemophilia are a decrease in a blood clotting factor called ‘eighth factor’, while people with haemophilia B do not have enough ‘ninth factor’. In the 1970s, blood transfusions and products were performed for those suffering from hemophilia, a condition that affected the ability of blood to solidify, when he was sold at the time as a new ‘revolutionary treatment’, derived from the donor human blood plasma, to replace these coagulation factors; But complete shipping was infected with deadly viruses. Soon, the request exceeded the local offer, so that health officials began importing the eighth worker from the United States, and a high percentage of plasma donations came from prisoners and drug users who raised money for blood donation, which, according to the Associated Press, led to a significant risk for plasa wool. The eighth worker is made by mixing plasma from thousands of donations. During packaging operations, one donor can jeopardize the entire group. How many victims? After giving polluted therapy, called “strange medicine”, about 1,250 people were injured, suffering from hemorrhagic disorders, with HIV and hepatitis C, including 380 children. About two -thirds of them later died; Due to the diseases associated with AIDS, some HIV has transferred to their partners (their husbands/ women) inadvertently. Between 2400 to 5000 others were injured by hepatitis C, which can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. It is difficult to know the exact number of people with hepatitis C, and this is partly due to the fact that the incidence of symptoms can last decades. There is a second group of patients who took infected blood transfusions between 1970 and 1991. Disclosure opportunities by the middle of the seconds were evidence that haemophilia patients treated with the eighth drug were more likely to develop hepatitis. The World Health Organization, which in 1953 warned about the dangers of hepatitis associated with the collective composition of plasma products, called on states not to import plasma. Aids, the largest general health crisis since World War II, appeared in the early 1980s, which was initially believed that its spread was limited to ‘specific groups’, and soon began to appear under haemophilia patients, and those who received blood transfusion. Although the cause of AIDS was only determined in 1983, warnings were conveyed to the British government in the previous year that the causal factor could be conveyed by blood products. The government said there was no conclusive evidence, and patients were not notified of the risks, and they continued to receive treatment that put them at risk. ‘Catastrophic’ errors and activists believe it has been known since the 1940s that Heat hepatitis kills in another plasma product, which is the albumin, and the authorities could have made the eighth worker safe before selling it. The evidence provided for the investigation indicates that the greatest objection of the authorities was financially, and that the eighth unintended worker was scheduled by the National Health Services Authority until late 1985. Activists hope that the basic result of the investigation is that the centers of the eighth worker were not supposed to use what was not heated. Compensation and in the late 1980s, the victims and their families demanded compensation based on medical neglect. Although the government has set up a charity institution to offer one-time support payments to those with HIV in the early 1990s, he acknowledged no commitment or responsibility, forcing the victims to sign a command that the Ministry of Health was not prosecuted to raise funds. The victims were prevented from lodging a lawsuit due to hepatitis, although they only knew about their HIV at that time, and after years of signing, they were also told victims that they were also injured by hepatitis, especially hepatitis C. “AIDS Boy” at school, a lawsuit for power missions in a general position in a general position. With the case with political and media pressure, the Prime Minister announced an independent investigation, saying it was “a heinous tragedy that should never have taken place.” The government has accepted a compensation lawsuit, as most estimates indicate that the final account is approximately $ 12.7 billion ($ 12.7 billion). In October 2022, the authorities paid temporary groups of 100,000 pounds for all survivors, and the partners who lost their family members. The government is expected to announce payments for different cases of infection, and also determine how and when the families who have lost their families can apply for temporary payments on behalf of the people who have died.