Addressing the House of Commons following the publication of the inquiry, Suna said on Monday: "I want to apologize wholeheartedly and unequivocally for this terrible injustice."
He also promised to provide "comprehensive compensation" to those infected and affected by the scam, Xinhua news agency reported.
He said, "Whatever cost will be incurred in completing this scheme, we will pay for it." He said that its details will be given on Tuesday.
Earlier on Monday, a scathing 2,527-page inquiry concluded that the contaminated blood scandal in Britain, which has led to more than 3,000 deaths, "could have been largely, if not entirely, avoided."
The report said a "list of failures" by successive governments and doctors led to the "disaster", in which thousands of patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders became infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses after receiving infected blood and blood products. , In the late 1970s and early 1990s."It may also be surprising that questions about why so many deaths and infections occurred remain unanswered," the report said.
The scandal has been called "the worst treatment disaster" in the history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS).
The report also revealed that much of the truth has been hidden by the government and the NHS "to save face and save costs". It said that such a cover-up was not in the sense that a handful of people were hatching a good conspiracy. A planned conspiracy to mislead, but in a way that was more subtle, more widespread and more sinister in its implications.The scam involved the supply of clotting factors imported from the US using the blood of high-risk paid donors.
The government announced in 2012 the establishment of a UK-wide public inquiry to investigate the circumstances that led to individuals being given contaminated blood and blood products.
In 2022, the government made an interim compensation payment of 100,000 British pounds (about $127,000) to approximately 4,000 infected individuals and bereaved partners who were registered with the country's infected blood assistance schemes.
He also promised to provide "comprehensive compensation" to those infected and affected by the scam, Xinhua news agency reported.
He said, "Whatever cost will be incurred in completing this scheme, we will pay for it." He said that its details will be given on Tuesday.
Earlier on Monday, a scathing 2,527-page inquiry concluded that the contaminated blood scandal in Britain, which has led to more than 3,000 deaths, "could have been largely, if not entirely, avoided."
The report said a "list of failures" by successive governments and doctors led to the "disaster", in which thousands of patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders became infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses after receiving infected blood and blood products. , In the late 1970s and early 1990s."It may also be surprising that questions about why so many deaths and infections occurred remain unanswered," the report said.
The scandal has been called "the worst treatment disaster" in the history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS).
The report also revealed that much of the truth has been hidden by the government and the NHS "to save face and save costs". It said that such a cover-up was not in the sense that a handful of people were hatching a good conspiracy. A planned conspiracy to mislead, but in a way that was more subtle, more widespread and more sinister in its implications.The scam involved the supply of clotting factors imported from the US using the blood of high-risk paid donors.
The government announced in 2012 the establishment of a UK-wide public inquiry to investigate the circumstances that led to individuals being given contaminated blood and blood products.
In 2022, the government made an interim compensation payment of 100,000 British pounds (about $127,000) to approximately 4,000 infected individuals and bereaved partners who were registered with the country's infected blood assistance schemes.