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The Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada, more commonly referred to as the Krever Commission or Krever Inquiry, was a royal commission of inquiry into the tainted blood scandal, investigating how the Canadian Red Cross and the provincial and federal governments allowed contaminated blood into the healthcare system. [1]
In Canada, by the time blood tests began in late 1985, about 2,000 people had been infected with HIV and up to 60,000 with Hepatitis C. [6] Three suits were brought against the Canadian Red Cross by people who had received tainted blood products. [6]
The Health Management Associates Scandal refers to the sale of tainted blood from HMA to Canadian blood banks. In 1993, Justice Horace Krever led a Royal Commission (public inquiry) which uncovered the Arkansas prison blood scheme, as he reported in 1997. The primary purpose of the report was to work on ways of improving the Canadian blood ...
‘Governments have over the years delayed, denied and have degraded those who are infected and affected by how they have subsequently been treated.’
The inquiry into the scandal made recommendations on compensation a year ago. Dozens of blood scandal victims have died in past year awaiting payout – charity Skip to main content
More than 30,000 people were infected with deadly viruses while they were receiving NHS care between the 1970s and the early 1990s.
The Canadian Red Cross was fined $5,000 for its role in the tainted blood scandal and the organization agreed to plead guilty to distributing a contaminated drug. It agreed to donate $1.5 million to the University of Ottawa for a research endowment fund, as well as a scholarship for the family members of those affected.
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