How many people who use this site have, like me, received blood transfusions in the UK, through the NHS, long before screeening for Hep C was introduced? I'd like to inform those in the USA that in the UK, blood screening for such things as HIV and Hep C was not done before 1991/2 because, these problems did not exist back then.
As for compensation, how can anyone be compensated for an illness that was not known about back then.
Anita Roddick contracted Hep C thirty-five years ago through blood transfusion. She will accept medical help and if necessary, says, she will accept a liver transplant.
I plan to go for tests. I had blood transfusions (5 pints plasma and 4 of blood, a lot of it imported from the USA) during 1977 when at 20 weeks, I miscarried a son... and lost my life's blood in the process. I joke that I had a complete 'oil' change:-)
I've been blessed with 30 extra years of life since, and seen my children grow up. I will never blame or seek recompence.
2007-02-21
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