Canadian, U.S. officials acquitted in AIDS scandal.Four Canadian doctors and a U.S. pharmaceutical company were acquitted of negligence in the distribution of blood samples 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. with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) French cooperative news agency. Based in Paris, it has roots in the Bureau Havas, created in 1832, which in 1835 became the Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency. reported in October. The case--Canada's worst health scandal--involves more than 20,000 people who, in the 1980s and 1990s, contracted HIV and hepatitis C Hepatitis C Definition Hepatitis C is a form of liver inflammation that causes primarily a long-lasting (chronic) disease. Acute (newly developed) hepatitis C is rarely observed as the early disease is generally quite mild. . At least 3,000 people have died, including 800 from the AIDS. In 2006, the Canadian government declared it would give $1 billion (Canadian) to victims who had not yet been taken into account. In this first criminal trial, Roger Perrault, former head of the Canadian Red Cross The Canadian Red Cross Society is a Canadian humanitarian charitable organization. It was established in the fall of 1896 as an affiliate of the British Red Cross Society (then known as the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War). Colonel Dr. , was deemed not negligent. Similarly, two Canadian doctors, an executive from Armour Pharmaceuticals, and the company itself were also acquitted, as the judge found no reckless conduct or disregard for patients' health. They await another trial over accusations that they did not stop HIV-positive people from giving blood, and that they failed to inform the public about the threat. |
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