In what has been called "the worst treatment disaster" in the history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS), thousands of patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders were infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses after receiving infected blood and blood products. Xinhua News Agency reported that between the 1970s and early 1990s.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's UK government will make an interim compensation payment of 210,000 British pounds ($267,000) "before the full scheme is set up," Paymaster General and Cabinet official John Glenn said in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Following the publication of a final investigation report on the scam.
The final investigation report, released on Monday, said the scam was "largely avoidable, though not entirely".
It also revealed that the government had conspired with the NHS to cover up "to save face and save costs".
In 2022, the government made an interim compensation payment of 100,000 British pounds to approximately 4,000 infected individuals and bereaved partners who were registered with the country's infected blood assistance schemes.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized for the scandal on Monday and promised "comprehensive compensation" to those infected and those affected by the scam.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's UK government will make an interim compensation payment of 210,000 British pounds ($267,000) "before the full scheme is set up," Paymaster General and Cabinet official John Glenn said in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Following the publication of a final investigation report on the scam.
The final investigation report, released on Monday, said the scam was "largely avoidable, though not entirely".
It also revealed that the government had conspired with the NHS to cover up "to save face and save costs".
In 2022, the government made an interim compensation payment of 100,000 British pounds to approximately 4,000 infected individuals and bereaved partners who were registered with the country's infected blood assistance schemes.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized for the scandal on Monday and promised "comprehensive compensation" to those infected and those affected by the scam.
