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Blood Matters

Blanche Girouard explores the UK's contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 1980s.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Left behind
Lauren Palmer lost both her parents because of infected blood products, when she was nine.
23 Feb 2024,14 mins
Colin's story
The little boy infected with HIV through contaminated blood products when he was just two.
22 Feb 2024,14 mins
Doctor knows best
Why some haemophilia patients were not told for years that they'd been infected with HIV.
21 Feb 2024,14 mins
The wonder drug is poisoned
Haemophilia patients learn they’ve been given blood products infected with HIV.
20 Feb 2024,14 mins
The wonder drug
A revolutionary treatment promises new hope for haemophilia sufferers and their families.
19 Feb 2024,14 mins