BLOOD CHIEFS FACE BLUNDER CHARGES.Byline: CAOIMHE YOUNG HEALTH officials at the centre of the Hep C blood scandal will know in the next week if they are to face criminal charges. Officials at the Blood Transfusion blood transfusion, transfer of blood from one person to another, or from one animal to another of the same species. Transfusions are performed to replace a substantial loss of blood and as supportive treatment in certain diseases and blood disorders. Board could be prosecuted in what would be a long-awaited victory for those infected with tainted blood Not to be confused with Tainted blood scandal. Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mýrin) is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, originally published in Iceland in 2000. . More than 1,000 women contracted the incurable incurable /in·cur·a·ble/ (in-kur´ah-b'l) 1. not susceptible of being cured. 2. a person with a disease which cannot be cured. in·cur·a·ble adj. virus in 1976 and 1977 in the biggest health blunder in Irish history. Now the Director of Public Prosecutions Director of Public Prosecutions n → fiscal m/f general del Estado Director of Public Prosecutions direct (Brit) n → Generalstaatsanwalt m is expected to finally reveal the decision after a four-year probe into contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. blood products. A letter from the DPP's office, seen by leading website irishhealth.com yesterday, said: "The Gardai have carried out further inquiries in respect of their extensive investigation. "And additional material has been made available to this office which has been passed on to the lawyers. "It has taken a considerable length of time due in part to the complexity and unique nature of the legal issues." The Hep C inquiry was set up in 1997 after 1,600 women were infected during pregnancy by a contaminated blood product. The death of a Donegal mum-of-12 Brigid McCole caused public uproar. McCole who was the first Irish woman to die from the contaminated blood products in 1997. Just two weeks before she died, the BTSB BTSB Blood Transfusion Services Board admitted liability and negligence and apologised for infecting her. |
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