Infected blood scandal: 'This is a day of shame for the British state' ,says Rishi Sunak

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15 күн бұрын

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised to the victims of the infected blood scandal, saying it was a "day of shame for the British state".
Mr Sunak said the scandal should have been avoided as he gave a statement in the House of Commons after the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry's final report.
The document blamed "successive governments, the NHS, and blood services" for failures that led to 30,000 people being "knowingly" infected with either HIV or Hepatitis C through blood products - around 3,000 of whom have now died.
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@heather333 13 күн бұрын

No, the shame falls on the companies who supplied the contaminated blood products, the NHS, and the politicians who failed to call it out and stop it... repeatedly.

@mrmac9370 12 күн бұрын

The Federal government knew it was contaminated and still allowed the sale abroad.

@rowexiao 10 күн бұрын

blood from USA.

@MissCristina 13 күн бұрын

3000 died and more and infected, who is in prison for that? No one?

@arfgrogue5735 13 күн бұрын

It started in the early 1970s... I doubt many people initially involved are still alive, and yes it lasted 20 years, so people would be in there 80s and 90s by this point

@anglomandingo666 13 күн бұрын

@@arfgrogue5735 they should still pay

@ooooo18758 7 күн бұрын

This is islamic jihad by Islamic infiltration in NHS BY FOREIGN STUDENTS.

@strangetrip837 13 күн бұрын

Everyone named should be prosecuted, stripped of titles, lordships and the usual trimmings of political failures! This is not the fault of the British people!

@arfgrogue5735 13 күн бұрын

This started as early as 1970 to 1990... so the people initially involved are most likely dead now. And for once, the current people within the government would also not be to blame since it ended over 30 years ago, current MPs in place would not have had the role they're in now. So unless ur suggesting stripping the titles of dead people or people in their 90s, your response to this would end in vain.

@user-ks8pz6et4i 13 күн бұрын

Off course but after they die ? Classic British and American policy we do what we want when we want and how we want

@latesukiyaki9958 13 күн бұрын

This is the result when the PM is more interested in pleasing Netanyahu than spending efforts in rebuilding NHS...shame!

@joancooley1387 13 күн бұрын

He’s been in Parliament for nearly 9 years. He knew he ignored.

@user-ci8ww4kx4v 13 күн бұрын

This happened 40 years ago and has nothing to do with the governments of today.

@punchy1325 13 күн бұрын

Every day is a day of shame for the British state

@maisies927 13 күн бұрын

The same in America. We can't trust government, politicians, from any country.

@user-ke7tk5lt1j 13 күн бұрын

Thief! They came to ERITREA AND STEAL THE FIRST, "TELEFERICA" IN AFRICA...AND SOLD IT TO INDIA OR PAKISTAN...

@punchy1325 13 күн бұрын

@@maisies927 💯

@linda-nl8ib 13 күн бұрын

Very true 👍

@arfgrogue5735 13 күн бұрын

@@maisies927Well, if governments didn't exist, what then?😂 might as well live in the dark ages, lol. Either way, let's be thankful governments in the west are not like N.Korea😂

@dalecrocker3213 13 күн бұрын

The greater shame is that the government is taking no steps to investigate the manifest problems relating to covid vaccines, which could easily be as needlessly tragic as the blood scandal. Will we have to wait another two or three decades for that day of shame?

@T5Zplayer 13 күн бұрын

🥱

@JeffEbe-te2xs 13 күн бұрын

Yet no one fired or jailed

@artiartibald9431 13 күн бұрын

A bunch of clowns

@evolassunglasses4673 13 күн бұрын

Big Phama has captured government.

@salmak586 13 күн бұрын

Disgrace of the government

@evolassunglasses4673 13 күн бұрын

They are captured by big Phama. Some people did try and tell us.

@T5Zplayer 13 күн бұрын

Which one?

@alexanderde-sowah857 13 күн бұрын

For something that happened in the 70’s

@therealrobertbirchall 13 күн бұрын

@@alexanderde-sowah857it starts in 70s but the NHS continued to infect people right up to the late 1990s. That's how they killed 3,000 of us. I was infected in 1974 but in 2024 I'm lucky to be here. So it didn't start or end in the 70s and there are some reports that the harvesting of blood from sick donor's in American prisons continues to this day. The German government is very concerned about Bayer blood derived products and their safety.

@rjvtechnologies 13 күн бұрын

NOT JUST THIS ONE, ALL OF THEM FROM THE LAST 50 YEARS

@Relax0kay 13 күн бұрын

I don’t believe a single word he said

@emeryma4046 9 күн бұрын

At least, this is a day of shame for UK

@fillyourcoffers1281 13 күн бұрын

ummm so who is going to jail for this or did i miss something?? since it was a cover up of 3,000 deaths plus harm done to so many others. All involved need to be arrested!

@user-SubvurzIV 13 күн бұрын

Execs from Bayer in France were jailed over a decade ago, here...nothing

@melgrant7404 13 күн бұрын

Talk is cheap.

@reamoinmcdonachadh9519 13 күн бұрын

Are we to hear apologies from former Prime Ministers? Former Health Secretaries? Former Ministers of Health and former Civil Servants charged with running Health Departments? Are we to see a handing in of Honors, or stripping of Titles? I don't think so, more is the pity!!

@sallyintucson 13 күн бұрын

Don’t hold your breath.

@arfgrogue5735 13 күн бұрын

Alot are probably already dead...

@arfgrogue5735 13 күн бұрын

Alot are probably already dead lol...

@user-343-8fx 13 күн бұрын

Exactly, what is the point of this?We need all the ones involved in JAIL!!!

@Steve-ip5hl 13 күн бұрын

Where is the murder investigation?

@nicx4007 12 күн бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@user-cs1dt2xw4c 13 күн бұрын

Politicians not accountable for anyone or anything. They are about as much use as a sour fart

@SashaCoCo 13 күн бұрын

Is US accountable for providing tainted blood and destroying lives globally? In 1980, my father was given a tainted blood transfusion at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas during heart bypass surgery. He immediately turned yellow in intensive care and suffered for decades until his death. Houston Methodist Hospital admitted error, but refused all accountability. He was abandoned without treatment and left on his own to suffer without care. Will the UK hold US accountable for tainted blood?

@veronacoleman4604 13 күн бұрын

Apologies won’t bring back those that have passed or now Ill . Will they go to prison

@rjvtechnologies 13 күн бұрын

no one will go to prison, within the uk only poor people go to jail and pay taxes

@hiramabiff2017 13 күн бұрын

And the NHS medical depts who we pay that actually did this get away scott free do they ?. I wouldn't care if all politicians disappeared, but I certainly wouldn't let the NHS failures of the ground staff teams not to go without blame or accountability.

@therealrobertbirchall 13 күн бұрын

How did the student nurse who gave me 4 pints of poisonous blood know what she was giving me? She did what she was instructed.

@user-SubvurzIV 13 күн бұрын

The NHS didn't know until it was too late. The execs at Bayer knew it was contaminated and pulled it from the US market and dumped it across Europe and Japan to turn a profit on a product that they couldn't get away with selling in the states. Their own internal memos proved they knew all about it.

@bonitabusby 13 күн бұрын

This is horrible

@PaulRaymond-fd4hx 13 күн бұрын

As a British National and a member of the British Public 'WE' would now expect Criminal Prosecutions to quickly ensue after Todays Report ASAP. End.

@gothic7821 13 күн бұрын

I knew someone who was infected by contaminated hemophilia treatments. He died. 💔

@emeryma4046 9 күн бұрын

Very sorry for him

@jobjoby1336 13 күн бұрын

How much more people have to endure from these miserable, incompetent politicians?

@ivanlucas3625 12 күн бұрын

rich people who run these companies will never go to jail as they donate heavy amount to political parties.

@alphatrash6236 13 күн бұрын

People need to see prison time for this.

@Spymaster-sis 13 күн бұрын

WHO OWNED THE AMERICAN BLOOD COMPANY, WHO PROFITED, WHO’S FOUNDATION WAS IT…THIRDLY…

@bluecheesey701 13 күн бұрын

Where are the arrests?

@songscoops4205 13 күн бұрын

Sunak wasn't even born when this started...

@thomasmorin749 13 күн бұрын

Like the Post Office scandal no one will ever be prosecuted.

@derekwhite2929 13 күн бұрын

Still are failing us!

@kaicorner7063 13 күн бұрын

Has he admitted they have been failing for atleast a decade

@kaicorner7063 13 күн бұрын

Because of their guidelines and monitoring

@odwarotobias706 13 күн бұрын

Unimaginable....what happened to the medical ethics?

@emeryma4046 9 күн бұрын

Well, welcome to Uk

@tonihulbert7789 13 күн бұрын

What a utter shameful thing to happen to anyone especially when this is a first world country with state of the art screening facilities unlike third world countries that do not have the facilities to screen the blood properly . This was preventable and the government of the time is largely to blame going back to the 1970’s in the failure of funding for the NHS staff and facilities

@julieschwartz2135 13 күн бұрын

Unforgivable, devastating, and devious…..but will there be consequences, and change……. otherwise this is just lip service as usual!

@giapacella6771 13 күн бұрын

June 1st Trafalgar

@jmadz9054 11 күн бұрын

💪

@geoffbirchall7552 13 күн бұрын

This is nothing compared to the new scandal of a certain medical intervention carried out post 2021!

@samfromuk796 13 күн бұрын

They're going to be saying the same thing about the covid vaccination

@shaunwoods8482 11 күн бұрын

A DAY Of Anger A DAY Of Shame AND A DAY We Must NEVER FORGET !!! This Is What These Government's Are Capable Of !!!

@user-se7es6uc8v 13 күн бұрын

Shame is a vague and unknowable concept for the sort of person attracted to politics. It's difficult to know how to attract the right sort of people into the job.

@Paws4Thought669 13 күн бұрын

Every day is

@kevlacy5306 13 күн бұрын

One of many!!

@anglomandingo666 13 күн бұрын

Why so long?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.....scam

@adamflux2 9 күн бұрын

The remark inappropriately suggests that one can be infected with a disease because of a failing of their own, as compared with the victims of this matter. No one is at fault for getting sick regardless of vector.

@malcombe7001 13 күн бұрын

'More' British shame.

@gimmy118 9 күн бұрын

But nobody talks about where the infected blood comes from. Why?? most of it imported from the U.S.

@ammasophia4663 8 күн бұрын

How can it be calculated how many died? How can it be calculated how many infected? How can they be paid when Great Britain doesn't have the solvency to do so? How many times was HIV passed on through sex, or given to the unborn from mothers, with someone wrongly blamed? Who knew tainted blood was mixed with clean blood? Who can be held accountable for something that happened 30 years ago?

@monkeyboy8424 13 күн бұрын

It's my experience that Rishi Sunak is a liar and cannot be trusted about; "Government integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level", 25/10/22 outside number 10.

@Vivekvishwakarma11 12 күн бұрын

Mr hypocrite

@Costikeke 13 күн бұрын

utter disgrace. more than 3000 deaths!

@EricManson-kr2yr 12 күн бұрын

Ken Clarke, 173 Melton Road, Nottingham NG2 6JL

@DavidFerriday 13 күн бұрын

Didn't he vote against compensation? The scummer.

@BPL-Whipster 13 күн бұрын

Quick, privatise it so we can all go bankrupt with insurance payments!

@user-gb2pg1je9t 13 күн бұрын

A public shame and a big disgrace.

@chickenlip 13 күн бұрын

I would sue the hell out of them if me or family member was hurt by this DISGRACE

@christinecraig7473 13 күн бұрын

Disgusting people! Shame on them! Pretending he cares , that any of them care.

@NeilSally 13 күн бұрын

Oh my anything he does u wine like grow up cause he wasn’t the one who did it

@muhammadalieesaa3379 11 күн бұрын

What would Margaret Thatcher would say about all this if she would have been still alive?

@daughteroftherisenking3165 11 күн бұрын

We can not trust anyone in the government 😭😭😭😭

@mattowensrees5888 13 күн бұрын

Did everyone notice the Speaker not even listening to the speech

@Elvisgratton3x 13 күн бұрын

Se beside being very, very sorry. Who is going to jail?

@Wishing_you_peace 12 күн бұрын

Why are the USA not implicated?

@IanScout1 13 күн бұрын

Suddenly developed scruples,anybody would think there was an election coming!

@mumbojumboto4902 12 күн бұрын

Only took them 40 years to fess-up...

@ammasophia4663 8 күн бұрын

Right. How does anyone trace back to HIV domino effect for 40 years?

@giga6137 12 күн бұрын

And the very next day when the compensation details are revealed it seems the fight continues. There is no compensation if peoples regular payments are taken away and the compensation has to be used to keep a roof over their heads.

@mujtabairfan1792 13 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@bigbreadeaterellis 13 күн бұрын

So, he says ''sorry'' and ''money's no object'' (now) and that makes everything ok?

@SeahamV2 13 күн бұрын

One a week at this point (scandals)

@daviddack1595 12 күн бұрын

How many days of shame do we have to live through, The Torrie's are still doing it to people, PIP UC, Foodbanks, Pandemic, 210.000 died, Brexit. A general election must now be called Now.

@pmichaelson 10 күн бұрын

While innocent people died the honours were still being handed out. People complicit in this scandal made a Lord.....shameful and disgusting from a so-called decent country

@yeetian2774 12 күн бұрын

A day to prove the solid friendship between US and UK🤣

@Madanth0ny 11 күн бұрын

“Trust the experts” …people need to be in jail this is what happens when money is your life …

@TheModernVictorian 13 күн бұрын

Why did Rishy say 'it was known these TREATMENTS were contaminated'? Freudian slip?

@jay-nl3gk 13 күн бұрын

Everyday is shame for these crocks

@matthewbryant958 12 күн бұрын

A shame for the british state? I think he meant the people in that room and the companies who did this not the entire state thanks

@edenbeats7199 13 күн бұрын

eugenics

@111brand 12 күн бұрын

Shocked and saddened !

@lw1zfog 11 күн бұрын

unsurprised & vindicated

@Leoandxin 13 күн бұрын

So I take it todays truth will only be revealed in forty years, followed by a sorry

@edivaldovieiralopes9367 13 күн бұрын

What a disgrace !!

@johnmuthan286 13 күн бұрын

COVID vaccine

@j0o235 13 күн бұрын

How can anyone apologise for the damage and the loss of life that this has caused and the familys of those generations destroyed and gone forever

@mirzalebethsimwing8268 13 күн бұрын

Listening

@aayushmishra909 10 күн бұрын

I cant really believe this is happening in UK🇬🇧What hv they done to the public health care in UK🙌I never thought healthcare in UK is so awful, perhaps worse than India😢

@GSTTactics 12 күн бұрын

This government should be investigated by the icc

@Musical_Haru 10 күн бұрын

“They failed this country” that’s rich coming from Soggy Sunak, who made the British economy worse than before

@rajithawickramatunga9452 12 күн бұрын

😢

@ripperrouge5985 13 күн бұрын

Scandles.with no conciseness equal more scandles

@hokavistark7671 13 күн бұрын

what a disgrace!

@michaelellard4664 13 күн бұрын

Why can’t we deal with our problems at the time and not leave them to mount.

@moneymanifestation9505 13 күн бұрын

Yet the same nurses were the one's on strike wanting more money 😂

@daveericson8447 13 күн бұрын

No relevance

@andrewholdaway813 13 күн бұрын

Rishi couldn't wait to commit the incoming labour gov. to a massive compensation bill.

@darrenvoysey7734 12 күн бұрын

don't shoot the messenger...time the civil service had a massive change of direction...i mean, mps get briefed from whom? andy burnham said on bbc breakfast about his time as health sectretary..another day, another country...hmm - time that cross-party got some backbone, civil servants investigated..numerous successive governments have failed...andy burnham could, and should, have gone to the leader and said "i know something" (as health secretary)...yes, he is a successful manchester mayor, however, and finally, see it, say it, sort it

@patriciaferrini-xt1ry 13 күн бұрын

Oh what a surprise... 🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

@leejeffery-gu2vu 13 күн бұрын

Lots more days of shame in the months and years ahead for our inept and deceitful leaders…!! Lots of conspiracies coming to light. All MPs guilty should be held accountable

@tajabdullah.malaysia 13 күн бұрын

Shame³ Rotten governments 🎉🎉 rotten leaders 🎉🎉 Rotten NHS 🙊🙉🙈

@Gina-1274 13 күн бұрын

The day of shame for this country was when sunak became pm.

@mriggst 13 күн бұрын

Par for the course.

@paulgreen2416 13 күн бұрын

Pharmaceutical industry ensuring they have future customers. No money to be made in a cure but plenty to ne made in tratment smh.

@SlurpentisCEO 13 күн бұрын

I bet the owners of the company has a isreali passport just like so many on the benches left and right

@jamescorneliustaylor6997 13 күн бұрын

Sunak will push every angle to help move in American healthcare companies, even if it involves apologising for something he wasn't involved in. It also distracts from his lowest ever poll.