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The UK did not import whole blood [12] from abroad, but it did import large quantities of factor VIII given to those infected, as described in the documentary Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal. The UK imported these products because it did not produce enough of its own, and efforts to achieve self-sufficiency were inadequately funded.
The event is often called the Tainted Blood Scandal or Contaminated Blood Scandal. [1] It was not in the terms of reference of the inquiry to examine events in England, [2] a statutory public inquiry has never been held in England. [3] The Penrose Inquiry was set up by Scottish Government under the Inquiries Act 2005 and cost £12,123,754. [4]
In the season finale, members of a grand jury gathered by David for the B613 case are killed after the initial hearing. Olivia Pope & Associates and David begin investigating the scene, and realize that Rowan was responsible. He had also blackmailed Mellie into giving the names of the members, causing her to feel responsible.
The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest to afflict Britain's state-run National Health Service since its inception in 1948, with around 3,000 people believed to have died as a result of being ...
ITV has given the go-ahead to a drama after the success of the channel’s series about Post Office workers.
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 ...
"No More Blood" was originally broadcast on Thursday, February 19, 2015 in the United States on ABC. The episode's total viewership was 9.62 million, [6] up 4 percent from its comparable telecast from last year. [7] In the key 18-49 demographic, the episode scored a 3.2/10 in Nielsen ratings, [6] up 10 percent from last year. [7]
The report said successive U.K. governments refused to admit wrongdoing and tried to cover up the scandal, in which an estimated 3,000 people died after receiving the contaminated blood or blood ...