The inquiry will investigate the manufacture and purchase of the infected blood products. In 1997, an earlier judicial tribunal severely criticised the BTSB for the infection of 1,600 women with Hepatitis C through post-natal injections of a blood product. The IHS walked out of that tribunal because it failed specifically to deal with their situation, so in February this year the government pledged to hold a full-scale inquiry into the infection of haemophiliacs.
Today is a day of hope and sadness for people with haemophilia.
The inquiry will investigate the manufacture and purchase of the infected blood products. She said some haemophiliacs had not been told of their condition for years after their diagnosis was known to medical authorities. Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. A heads up to bloodhounds.