Current location:travel >>
Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal
travel27815People 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.“Global Gazetteer news portal”。http://panama.downmusic.org/news-81b599352.html
Related articles
Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored
travelWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes swept O ...
【travel】
Read moreChina's new energy competitiveness honed through genuine expertise
travelBEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Some Western politicians allege that China's new energy industry relie ...
【travel】
Read moreA former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots
travelMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and frau ...
【travel】
Read more
Popular articles
- Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
- Shanghai citizens average 12 books per year
- Mississippi high court declines to rule on questions of public funds going to private schools
- Promoter stands by Ryan Garcia after a report he tested positive for a banned substance
- Bella Hadid goes braless in a thigh
- Thousands rally in Slovakia to protest a controversial overhaul of public broadcasting
Latest articles
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
China flays overseas talk about 'overcapacity'
Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century
Number of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low
Lynn Williams breaks NWSL goal
Army lieutenant colonel charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries
LINKS
- Gausman pitches 7 innings for first win as Blue Jays cool off Dodgers with 3
- Kimbrel blows second straight save as Athletics win rubber game 7
- South Africa marks 30 years since apartheid ended
- Kawhi Leonard ruled out with knee issue as Clippers face Mavs in Game 4
- Vientos hits 2
- Oklahoma man beat his girlfriend up while she was pregnant
- Nichushkin records 1st career hat trick, Avalanche beat Jets 5
- Wyatt Johnston scores in OT, Stars beat Golden Knights 3
- Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon out for Game 4 against Avalanche with lacerated hand
- College students, faculty demand amnesty for participating in anti