BLOOD MONEY : Monday 15th April 2024 - BBC Wales Investigates
When 10 month old Colin Smith contracted HIV after receiving contaminated blood products, his parents' house was daubed with "AIDS Dead".
His father was also forced to leave his job.
Now 34 years on from his death from AIDS at the age of seven, his family are facing another injustice.
An investigation has found Professor Arthur Bloom, the doctor who gave Colin infected imported blood product Factor VIII, broke his own rules to do so.
Just three months earlier, Bloom's own department had written internal NHS guidelines discouraging the use of imported blood treatments on children because of the risk of infection.
"This wasn't an accident," said Colin's father, also called Colin. "It could have been avoided."
His son, who was being treated for Haemophilia - a rare condition that affects the blood's ability to clot - was one of more than 3,000 people to die in the UK after being given infected blood products.
Parents Janet and Colin from Newport, have fought for more than 40 years for answers and hope the Infected Blood Inquiry, which is due to report its findings on Monday 20th May 2024, will provide a measure of closure.
Broadcast time: 8.00pm - Duration: 59.45
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