Embed

Bad Blood

Decades on, victims of the UK’s contaminated blood scandal still seek justice

More than 4,000 people with haemophilia in the UK have contracted HIV or hepatitis C, and in some cases both, from contaminated blood products imported from the US in the 1970s and 1980s. Patients who already lived with a rare and severe disorder received the infected drug derived from blood donations of up to 40,000 people, including prisoners and drug users.

More than 1,200 haemophiliacs passed HIV and/or hepatitis through contaminated blood products have already died.

Only decades later, after hundreds had died as a direct result of contamination, were victims and their families given a chance to find the truth behind the contaminated blood scandal. In April 2019, a Public Inquiry opened, hearing victim testimonies around the country. RTD travels to the UK to hear from infected blood victims and campaigners seeking answers and desperate to know why, and how, the tragedy was allowed to happen.

Follow stories the mainstream media ignores: Follow RTD's Twitter

WATCH FILM
Please rate this film

9.50(12 users)

Duration

1:11

Author
Author
Tags

don't miss

26:33
Human Rights 21 December 2016 00:00

Happy Never After. The couples battling UK visa laws to save their families.

26:33
Personalities 24 February 2020 13:02

The Assange Story. WikiLeaks founder’s journey from whistleblowing hero to exile

26:33
Environment 29 September 2016 00:00

Murky Waters of Flint. How a whole city was poisoned

26:33
Health 27 August 2018 00:00

Ebola: Surviving Survival. Stigma & shame in the wake of disease

26:33
Health 08 April 2020 14:28

Mass Isolation. Coping with the unprecedented challenge of self-isolation

26:33
Health 17 April 2020 17:14

You're my Type: The Donor Lottery . Leukaemia patients get a fighting chance thanks to genetic ‘twin’ donors.

26:33
Health 27 April 2020 00:01

I Survived Covid. Testimonies of coronavirus survivors

26:33
Health 08 April 2020 22:08

COVID-19 by Anton Krasovsky. The epidemic that caught the world off guard explained

26:33
Health 12 January 2015 00:00

Tropic of Anti-Cancer. Scientist researches rare genetic disorder to obtain cure for cancer

26:33
Health 07 January 2015 00:00

Ebola Warriors. Red Cross workers in Liberia battling the deadly disease

26:33
Health 17 April 2017 00:00

Overpill. The darker side of America’s mental health

26:33
Health 04 November 2020 20:00

Vaccinauts. They say how they feel after taking the Russian COVID vaccine

26:33
Health 22 January 2021 20:00

Covid Long-Haulers. Dealing With COVID Effects Months After Diagnosis

26:33
Health 17 April 2020 23:26

Kommunarka: Frontline Chronicles. Moscow's medical centre during the COVID-19 pandemic

26:33
Health 15 May 2020 00:03

Pandemic: Fast Changing World. The Coronavirus crisis around the globe

26:33
Health 29 May 2020 23:24

Remembering Russia’s First Covid Victims

26:33
Health 14 March 2022 12:45

Alienated Love. The beauty of being different

26:33
Health 01 May 2020 00:01

Covid’s Frontline Warriors. Hospital frontlines during the pandemic

26:33
Health 13 August 2021 17:00

Afghan Kidney Sales. Selling vital organs to survive

26:33
Health 22 December 2021 16:05

Marijuana Victims: Colorado. Addiction, mental illness and suicide - the legacy of cannabis legalisation

VIEWER’S CHOICE: 1,000,000 VIEWS AND MORE

VIEW ALL