Financial compensation will soon be rolled out to thousands of people caught up in the 'worst medical disaster in NHS history'.
Each victim of the infected blood scandal will receive £100,000.
The government announced the news today, but campaigners say there is still a "long way to go" before justice is served.
The scandal killed approximately 2,400 people in the 1970s and 1980s who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products.
Sue Threakall, whose husband Bob died in 1991 after contracting HIV from contaminated blood, said finding closure "is not just about money."
She added: Destroyed, young adults growing up without parents all their lives, unrecognized, parents whose young children died in their arms.
``We have always said that there will always be families who do not know what they are entitled to claim.''
Their lives could have been better supported.
The government will pay out compensation to infected people and their families in the UK by the end of October.
Also in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The same payments will be made.
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that he hopes money will be paid to victims and their surviving partners. 25}
He said, ``I will receive these lump sums as soon as possible. I want to pay tribute to...Regular injections of Factor VIII, a US product to survive.
They received tainted Factor VIII from people who received donations, such as prisoners and drug addicts. They were unaware that they were receiving factor.
Despite repeated warnings from top government officials, patients were administered this product for years.
34 New cases of HIV and hepatitis continued to be diagnosed decades after the initial contamination, leading to many premature deaths. Mark Fox, 44, who contracted hepatitis C after being treated with a blood product, will receive compensation.A former cosmetic technician from Seaham, County Durham said:
"That's what they tried to hide it from, so many tried to brush it under the carpet... Grow up and be an adult.'
Final Recommendations from Public Research on Compensation for the Wider Population – including bereaved families and victims' children Investigations are expected to be completed.
Campaigners say this means affected families may lose interim payments .
They are calling for further discussions to ensure that funds are promptly disbursed to those most in need. Rosemary Calder echoed this sentiment after her 25-year-old son Nicky died of HIV in 1999.
Her 74-year-old woman, who had moved with her family from north London to Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, after her son was called an 'AIDS boy' at school, said her He said the road to trial was "a long road".
She said:
"I think [interim compensation] is a step in the right direction, but there is a long way to go." Start next year.
At hearings in all four of her UK countries, she has gathered evidence from more than 5,000 witnesses and is expected to conclude next year.
The survey featured harrowing evidence from a patient and family member who said a hemophiliac was kept secret about her risk of HIV infection.
During the AIDS crisis, many were forced to keep their diagnoses private for fear of being slandered.
Since then, amid allegations of improper treatment of patients, testing of people without their knowledge, and results pending for years, the government has been called an "industrial-scale cover-up." Some people accuse us of doing
Lauren Palmer from Bristol was orphaned in 1993 after her parents died of HIV within eight days. went to great lengths to cover up the problem and failed to tell the patient how serious it was. Everything was wrong from the beginning.”
Charities and campaigns The group is now seeking a dedicated scheme to get compensation to those in need as quickly as possible.
Kate Burt, Chief Executive of the Hemophilia Society, said: However, most bereaved families, including parents and children of the deceased, do not receive anything.
'To set up a viable scheme that can provide full compensation to all in a prompt and fair manner steps should be taken now. We have suffered devastating losses due to this NHS treatment disaster.'
Meanwhile, Factor 8, a non-profit organization made up of victims and families, is also under pressure for rapid rollout of compensation.
The founder of the group, Jason Evans, said:
"Another scandal within a scandal."
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