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At least 175 youngsters with the blood dysfunction haemophilia have been contaminated with HIV within the Eighties, in response to paperwork from the nationwide archives seen by Daily News News. Some of the households affected are giving proof at a public inquiry into what has been known as the worst remedy catastrophe within the historical past of the NHS.
It was virtually 36 years in the past – in late October 1986 – however Linda will always remember the day she was informed her son had been contaminated.
She had been known as right into a consulting room in Birmingham Children’s Hospital, with 16-year-old Michael.
As a toddler, he had been recognized with haemophilia, a genetic dysfunction that stopped his blood clotting correctly.
Linda assumed the assembly was to debate transferring his care to the principle Queen Elizabeth Hospital within the metropolis.
“It was so routine that my husband stayed in the car outside,” she says.
“Then, all of a sudden, the doctor said, ‘Of course, Michael is HIV positive,’ and he came out with it like he was talking about the weather outside. My stomach just fell.
“We bought within the automotive, I informed my husband and we have been silent all the way in which residence. We by no means spoke – it was such a shock.”
