British authorities they covered intentionally Between 1970 and 1991, the blood transfusion scandal caused more than 30,000 people become infected with HIV and hepatitisof which some 3000 have already diedaccording to investigation it was extended within five years and whose first findings became known this Monday.

The working group known as Examination of contaminated blood claims that the British authorities, including personnel doctor and governmentknew that this situation had been happening since the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948.

Nevertheless, they failed victims “repeatedly” and were subjected to “unacceptable risks.” The person responsible for the investigation Sir Brian Langstaffdescribed “terrifying” the magnitude of these findings and that there was a deliberate intention “hide the truth”BBC reports.

Between risks to which these thousands of people were exposed, repeated importation blood products from abroadincluding donated blood Americans And British high risk, for example prisoners And drug addicts who were paid for the transfusion.

“This catastrophe It wasn’t an accident. The infection occurred because the authorities – doctors, blood centers and successive governments – They didn’t prioritize safety patients,” condemned Langstaff, regretting that this negligence had ruined the lives of thousands of people.