Blood Matters : Episode 1 The Wonder Drug - BBC Radio 4

Blood Matters : Episode 1 The Wonder Drug - BBC Radio 4 - 19th February 2024

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5 ай бұрын

BBC Radio 4 : Monday 19th February 2024
Blood Matters - The Wonder Drug
“It was a miracle,” recalls Andy Evans who was started on Factor VIII in 1981, at the age of three. But no one told Andy’s parents, or the families of other children with haemophilia, that the US product carried a potentially deadly health risk.
Later this year, the Infected Blood Inquiry, set up by the then Prime Minister Theresa May to look at the circumstances that led to thousands of NHS patients being given contaminated blood and blood products, will release its final report.
In this first episode of Blood Matters, the broadcaster and writer Blanche Girouard hears from two men, both haemophiliacs, whose lives were dramatically changed by Factor VIII.
Broadcast time: 1.45pm - Duration: 14.00
#TaintedBlood #Haemophilia #ContaminatedBlood #Hemophilia #InfectedBloodInquiry
Producer: Mike Lanchin
Researcher: Ewan Newbigging-Lister
Editor: Kristine Pommert
A CTVC production for BBC Radio 4

Пікірлер: 4

@kayleigh-J- 5 ай бұрын

It's not just hemophiliacs that we're infected, my dad had a transfusion due to accident at work in 1990 , he was never called back for screening and 24 years later it was discovered that my dad had cerosis and cancer of his liver he died 5 months later.

@CampaignTB 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback - there are another 4 episodes to come ;)

@Jovocale 5 ай бұрын

…a shame that scientists/nhs/Public health at the time stopped all progress into research into providing a synthetic ‘clotting factor’… rest in peace my dear Keith…1987… thank you for sharing this interview and info, and thank you for sharing your stories - Richard and Andy xx

@julieenglefield3149 5 ай бұрын

Maybe there will be a section included for those infected by Blood Transfusions too