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ITV Evening News bulletin : Tuesday 4th July 2017
Families of patients who died as a result of being infected with HIV and hepatitis through contaminated blood by the NHS in the 1970s and 80s, are se
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eking a public inquiry into the scandal.
New documents appear to show that health chiefs knew for six years about the dangers which led to the deaths of over 2000 people.
Lauren Palmer's father was one of the thousands of people with Hemophilia treated with contaminated blood products, he contracted Hepatitis C and HIV, he then passed that onto Lauren's mother.
Both of Lauren's parents died eight days apart, when Loren was just nine-years-old. She was taken into care and says she was given no support after the deaths of her parents.
The newly-discovered documents suggest Department of Health Officials knew in 1980 that there was a high risk from the treatment but that patients were still given the contaminated blood for another six years.
The newly-discovered documents suggest Department of Health Officials knew in 1980 that there was a high risk from the treatment but that patients were still given the contaminated blood for another six years.
The documents will be used as evidence in legal action lodged at the High Court on Tuesday in which 300 people are suing the government.
Broadcast time: 7.47pm - Running time: 2.03
