UK Contaminated-Blood Survivors Demand Answers About Scandal That Killed Thousands

UK Contaminated-Blood Survivors Demand Answers About Scandal That Killed Thousands
Blood is collected from a donor into a bag during a blood drive on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 20, 2017. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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LONDON—After four decades and 3,000 deaths, those who survived being infected with HIV and hepatitis C by blood transfusions from prostitutes, drug users, and even cadavers are hoping to finally find answers.

Many of the victims of Britain’s “tainted blood” scandal found out only after years that their revolutionary blood treatments, provided by the national health service, were a death sentence.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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