UK blood enquiry finds fault in US practices
A British enquiry has come to the conclusion that contaminated blood supplies from United States companies contributed to a human tragedy.
Blood supplies from the US infected nearly 5,000 British patients more than two decades ago.
Some 2,000 patients who suffered from hemophilia, an incurable hereditary bleeding disorder, have already died, while others are now terminally ill due to the contaminated blood which was taken from prison populations and other at-risk communities in the US, before being sold to UK hospitals.
The report criticizes the British government for not cutting off infected blood imports from abroad soon enough and has put pressure on the British government to provide more aid for the recipients and their families who suffered as a result of the crisis.
Tainted blood supplies in Britain and other countries were partially responsible for the spread of Hepatitis-C and the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
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