Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses
Read more: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’
Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Robin McKie
A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in the history of the NHS was approved for use after government officials were told convicts were among the paid donors and virus contamination “should be assumed”, corporate filings reveal.… Read the rest