The infected blood victims fighting for truth ahead of inquiry outcome

The infected blood victims fighting for truth ahead of inquiry outcome | ITV News

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27 күн бұрын

Birchgrove Memorial is tucked away down a long gravel path surrounded by overgrown woodland near Swindon.
It is a place that recognises what happened to so many affected by the infected blood scandal, and what so many lost.
The entrance of the garden is marked by a stone inscribed with the words: "Birchgrove - This grove celebrates the lives of the 1,200 people with Haemophilia infected with HIV."
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@barrymcguinness2087 25 күн бұрын

It's a disgrace and of course no one will be held to account as usual

@grumpy_grimalkin 25 күн бұрын

My sister in law is among the ones that was infected with Hepatitis C... ruined her health and life... still very ill of it up to now...

@beautybev 25 күн бұрын

The truth will be heard but all these people will never see justice. No one will ever be held to account for anything in this country ❤

@Kiro.vr.2012 26 күн бұрын

I couldn't believe why this took so long!!

@dasdasdatics420 24 күн бұрын

It's called profit before people.

@PhyzzFizz 24 күн бұрын

i hope all you good folks out there realize this was all done on purpose, i knew about this scandal in the early 90's, i have been waiting for it to come to the surface but the reason for it happening has yet to be mentioned by anyone, i hope it will come soon

@user-of9ef5ot4l 24 күн бұрын

This is horrible, may they get the justice they deserve 😢

@freaksy2073 25 күн бұрын

This needs to be settled immediately. Infected blood and plasma was brought into the country by the authority at the time and not by these brave,innocent people.

@ataurusqueenofzion916 25 күн бұрын

Yeah sure, it's always immigrants fault right? I wonder why you lot love visiting Countries like Thailand.

@user-hb9xk7gs7g 24 күн бұрын

@@ataurusqueenofzion916 Quick use the race card 😅

@BridiesMammaG 25 күн бұрын

Sure at the time they said the blood was “ safe and effective “ 😢

@markrichards636 24 күн бұрын

Yeah they did, and it still drags on, vile.

@AbigailBrown-wk7xl 25 күн бұрын

I hope they get 1 million pounds in compensation

@AndiWard 25 күн бұрын

Most of them won't have lived as long without the treatment. The treatment extended their lives despite it being infected.

@derekwhite2929 25 күн бұрын

Bloody continuing nightmare!

@derekwhite2929 25 күн бұрын

It's still a nightmare and continuing to be one, even though I did get rid of the HCV in 2017! Although the total lack of follow up care is making meaningful recovery a rather elusive fantasy!

@jeffreygoggin2849 25 күн бұрын

And nothing will happen like it always does

@cmasseylynch 22 күн бұрын

What all these scandals highlight for me is the utter contempt - the Govt , MPs , the Judiciary , the Civil Service , the Police The Post Office The Water Companies - have for ordinary people. Am i making myself clear -

@kellydavid8328 26 күн бұрын

Omg this story is awful and so sad to a deadly disease that killed alot of people for no reason.

@FaceFcuk 26 күн бұрын

I have had hep c , good job it's easy to treat these days .

@CASHSEC 23 күн бұрын

Just what the hell do our politicians consider "Justice" is for this scandalous situation. The minimum should be that people involved to be tried for manslaughter. The main people in the dock should be all the politicians involved, the Management in the NHS. Someone must pay. New laws must be introduced to stop this. The UK governments "failed". "Failed" is the wrong word as it tends to indicate that they tried but they didn't, they deliberately covered it up. I note with shame that the doctors and health workers get blamed first but this was led from the Top. I hope real justice is served before the guilty die out

@jaywalker3087 24 күн бұрын

Too Late for my friend. 5 years ago. It's too late for Martin and many others.

@mukundraishah5572 24 күн бұрын

Like all big organisations no one at the top knows what is happening and no one in charge or responsible so no one is going to be punished.

@FadxiyaSayid 24 күн бұрын

ماشاء۔الله۔۔Yas

@RoadhunterUK 24 күн бұрын

No mention of Bayer knowingly put this stuff on the market for profit .

@Kiro.vr.2012 26 күн бұрын

OM Lord!😮

@FadxiyaSayid 24 күн бұрын

بسم۔الله۔الرحمن۔الرحيم

@zachall101 25 күн бұрын

We know what happened. People with infected blood didn’t care and they donated blood, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING but still did it anyway. Interesting fact…..THIS IS WHY ENGLISH PEOPLE CAN NOT BY LAW DONATE BLOOD IN AMERICA IF THEY WERE BORN BETWEEN CERTAIN YEARS

@Skygrey2943 25 күн бұрын

It wasn't the donors fault. They may not have ever known they had HIV or Hepatis C. It was how the system was set up. They had blood banks in the poorest of neighbourhoods blighted by drugs and neglect. They offered them cash for their blood donations. The blame should lay at the feet of those who sold the blood to the NHS. Secondly, the NHS are also partly to blame for not adequately checking where the blood was sourced. It's an awful scandal, and the cover up is just as galling as the crime.

@costaldevomito 25 күн бұрын

No, that was mad cow disease that caused that issue but not true now

@PhyzzFizz 24 күн бұрын

the yanks knew the blood was infected so they sent it over seas, they knew exactly what they were doing and it was a deliberate act

@DJAshTheBash4321 24 күн бұрын

REDRUM continues Grand and National!

@petermclelland278 24 күн бұрын

We can thank our St, Margaret Thatcher, the indomitable saviour & leader of Britons for ignoring & and kicking the blood scandal into the governmental bureaucratic long grass? Thanks, Maggie.

@FadxiyaSayid 24 күн бұрын

اعوذالله۔بالله۔من۔النشطان۔الرجم

@NCSWIC.. 25 күн бұрын

But will never tell you it was the jabs NCSWIC NOTHING

@christineroberts9780 24 күн бұрын

And it was all by Design 😈

@Frank.112 24 күн бұрын

That's what happens when yoy trust the Americans. The UK had to import the blood because of a shortage while the US knew the blood was contaminated and did nothing about it.