Haemophiliacs in the 1970s and 1980s were given Factor VIII clotting agent taken from the blood of high-risk American donors including prisoners on Death Row. The contaminated supply was not discontinued until 1986. Thousands of people were infected with Hepatitis and some with HIV, leading to nearly 2,000 deaths. Jason Evans, 27, whose father, Jonathan, died in 1993, spent a year trawling through archives and making Freedom of Information requests to find the documents, according to the Daily Mail. They include minutes from meetings in 1980 and 1981 recording doctors discussing the risks of…

Source: The Times July 03, 2017 23:37 UTC