Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Blood scandal compensation bill set to exceed €1bn

The State's bill for compensating people infected by contaminated blood products provided by the Blood Transfusion Service is reportedly set to exceed €1bn..

The tribunal has found that around 250 people were infected with HIV or Hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood products used to treat haemophilia.

Another 1,600 were infected with Hepatitis C as a result of receiving contaminated anti-D blood products.
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