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   The UK embraced faggots and encourage them to pollute the blood supply   
   there.  Look what it did.   
      
   Most infected blood donations in Northern Ireland came from prisoners and   
   the Army, an inquiry has found.   
      
   The Infected Blood Inquiry published its findings on Monday.   
      
   It found that the catalogue of separate failures, which caused thousands of   
   people to be infected after receiving blood, were serious but taken   
   altogether they amounted to "a calamity".   
      
   It also found that Northern Ireland brought “little observable influence”   
   over the scandal and took most decisions from London, with “mirrored   
   subservience” over the production and management of blood.   
      
   Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised "wholeheartedly and unequivocally"   
   for the failings made by leaders and medical professionals.   
      
   Compensation is expected to be announced in the coming days.   
      
   In August 2022, the government announced that 4,000 UK victims would receive   
   interim payments of £100,000, including about 100 in Northern Ireland.   
      
   Read more about the victims, families and what happened   
   Speaking outside the inquiry, Health Minister Robin Swann apologised for the   
   harm done in Northern Ireland by "this abhorrent scandal".   
      
   He said while this is a central government issue, he will urge his successor   
   to ensure victims are supported and compensated.   
      
   "Everyone across the United Kingdom, no matter which one of the four nations   
   they come from, must all be treated equally, because they were all failed   
   equally," he said.   
      
   The inquiry has recommended a compensation scheme be set up immediately and   
   a permanent memorial established in Northern Ireland.   
      
   It further recommended that Northern Ireland medical and dental training   
   agencies take steps to ensure lessons are learned and a statutory duty of   
   candour is introduced and extended to cover health leaders.   
      
   How did the scandal affect Northern Ireland?   
   More than 30,000 people across the UK, including Northern Ireland, were   
   infected with HIV and hepatitis C between 1970 and 1991 by contaminated   
   blood products and transfusions.   
      
   It is said to be the worst treatment disaster in NHS history and the   
   inquiry, which took evidence between 2019 and 2023, found that it largely   
   could have been avoided.   
      
   Blood donations and donors were scarce in Northern Ireland during the 70s   
   and 80s; out of all the nations and regions, Northern Ireland was the least   
   self-sufficient.   
      
   Therefore blood was taken from various donors, particularly prisoners and   
   members of the armed forces.   
      
   Northern Ireland received “significant amounts” of blood from Army donors,   
   due to their presence during the Troubles, which the inquiry said was   
   “valuable” but there was a higher chance that blood would be infected with   
   hepatitis B.   
      
   Prison donations took place across Northern Ireland but stopped in October   
   1983 as prisoners were considered “higher risk groups” likely to be   
   infected.   
      
   However, the inquiry said those donations could and should have stopped   
   earlier.   
      
   The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, one of five geographic trusts   
   which oversees Northern Ireland's health services, said it offered "a   
   heartfelt and sincere apology to everyone who either directly or indirectly   
   continued to suffer" due to events outlined in the inquiry.   
      
   "We recognise the distress and grief felt by so many and we accept that no   
   apology can reverse those events or bring back loved ones to families and   
   friends who have been experiencing the most incredible sadness and loss for   
   many decades," it said.   
      
   It added it will carefully consider the recommendations of the report.   
      
   The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (NIBTS) also apologised,   
   saying it acknowledged the "fortitude, dignity and perseverance conveyed by   
   the infected and affected".   
      
   It said it will "explore how we can adopt the inquiry's recommendations to   
   deliver improved and enhanced care".   
      
   Many not here to see long-delayed justice   
   by Marie-Louise Connolly, BBC News NI health correspondent   
      
   Another public inquiry and once again its findings reveal a scandal that   
   could have been largely avoided.   
      
   It points towards another cover-up, accusing successive governments and the   
   health service of trying to conceal what happened.   
      
   The pain of patients was compounded by those in leadership refusing to   
   accept that wrong had been done.   
      
   Warnings and recommendations were ignored - as a result thousands of   
   innocent patients died.   
      
   Basics around patient safety and recommendations on the screening of blood   
   products from paid prisoners and drug dealers were ignored.   
      
   While the truth is finally out, yet again another public inquiry and its   
   findings has been thrust on the public and the Northern Ireland Assembly.   
      
      
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