INFECTED BLOOD 'Thousands of lives' still blighted by infected blood - as report finally published
Thousands of lives "continue to be blighted" by the infected blood scandal, a charity has said, as a long-awaited report into the tragedy is published today. More than 30,000 people were given blood or blood products contaminated with HIV, hepatitis C, or both, between the 1970s and 1990s - including an estimated 3000 people in Scotland - in what is known as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.