Current location:sport >>
Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal
sport6People have gathered around
IntroductionLONDON (AP) — British authorities and the country’s public health service knowingly exposed tens of ...
LONDON (AP) — British authorities and the country’s public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal found Monday.
An estimated 3,000 people in the United Kingdom are believed to have died and many others were left with lifelong illnesses after receiving blood or blood products tainted with HIV or hepatitis in the 1970s to the early 1990s.
The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest disaster in the history of Britain’s state-run National Health Service since its inception in 1948.
Former judge Brian Langstaff, who chaired the inquiry, slammed successive governments and medical professionals for “a catalogue of failures” and refusal to admit responsibility to save face and expense. He found that deliberate attempts were made to conceal the scandal, and there was evidence of government officials destroying documents.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“International Interplay news portal”。http://southkorea.unhasdecoradas.org/content-0c899924.html
Related articles
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
sportWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland l ...
【sport】
Read more'The Full English will never die out!' Greasy spoon fans speak up for the Great British Fry
sportBritons enjoying a full English breakfast this morning have dismissed claims that the fry-up could b ...
【sport】
Read moreMother of nine
sportThe mother of a nine-month-old baby daughter who died after allegedly being strapped face-down to a ...
【sport】
Read more
Popular articles
- Shohei Ohtani's first walk
- Where will Israel
- Federal officials are investigating a Rockies coach's cockpit visit during a United flight
- NHL PLAYOFFS: West best Dallas vs. defending champion Vegas headlines 1st
- Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to lead Indianapolis 500 field in Corvette pace car
- Controversial university 'race researcher' who wrote that equality between white and non
Latest articles
Dodgers acquire pitcher Yohan Ramírez from Mets for cash
Angela Rayner makes her second visit to a housing project in just four days
An Alabama prison warden is arrested on drug charges
Braves ace Spencer Strider begins recovery from elbow surgery, says team can win World Series
Brazil replaces injured goalkeeper Ederson in Copa America squad
Nelly Korda 1 shot back through 36 holes at Chevron Championship as she chases 5th straight victory
LINKS
- Kris Jenner launches eerily uncanny Christmas ornament of herself for $82
- Universities take steps to prevent pro
- Mandisa's father reveals how he thinks she died and insists she 'did not harm herself'
- China's ecological environment improves steadily in Q1
- Final cost in for Mets' sorry 2023 season $420 million in payroll plus luxury tax
- Comcast blacks out 15 regional sports networks in contract dispute with distributor
- Sjoukje Dijkstra, the first Dutch athlete to win a gold medal at Winter Olympics, dies at 82
- China's ecological environment improves steadily in Q1
- Average long
- From a chance meeting in a cafe to a devastating six