it's emerged that the government was involved in secret medical trials on children who had the blood clotting disorder haemophilia. the trials were carried out on boys without the consent of their families in the 1970s and �*80s, and using a blood product known to possibly be infected with hepatitis. the children are some of the 30,000 people in the uk who were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products over two decades. it's believed about 3,000 people have died. our health editor hugh pym has been speaking to a group of men who attended one of the schools where the secret medical research was carried out. treloar school had a medical unit on site so that if haemophiliac boys had bleeding episodes, they could be treated quickly. they thought blood products were for their treatment. they didn't realise they were part of trials for preventative measures known as prophylaxis, with a lot more doses.
he has been charged in connection with events on bloody sunday and he will stand trial for the events that he is alleged to be connected to. documents seen by the bbc suggest treatments containing blood — infected with hiv and hepatitis c — were tested on british children in the 19705 and 80s without their parents�* knowledge or consent. doctors are accused of putting research ahead of the needs of patients. 0ne former patient has told the bbc he was deliberately given a new version of a blood product by a doctor who likely knew it was contaminated, so he could then be enrolled in its clinical trials. hugh pym reports. this school in hampshire,
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have been cast. hundreds of millions more to go over the next six weeks. yogita limaye, bbc news, muzaffarnagar. this week, we've been reporting on the infected blood scandal, and today, there's been a significant development as a result of our coverage. a document seen by the bbc suggests that, as early as 1973, a secret medical trial meant young haemophiliacs were deliberately given a blood product doctors knew was high—risk and that the government was involved. an estimated 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c in the uk over a 20—year period. our health editor, hugh pym, is with me. tell us more about this document. well, i think it is very significant, it is the first we have heard of direct government involvement in a trial back in 1973
they're scrapping fa cup replays. apologies, these are the wrong pictures. the english football league, which represents the 72 professional sides outside the premier league, say it's further evidence that its clubs are being marginalised in favour of premier league teams. it's emerged that the uk government was involved in secret medical trials on children who had the blood clotting disorder haemophilia. trials were carried out on boys without the consent. of their families in the 1970s and �*80s and using a blood product known to possibly be infected with hepatitis. welcome to the programme. world leaders are again calling for restraint in the middle east after what's believed to have been an israeli attack on iran overnight. us secretary of state antony blinken "de—escalation". us secretary of state antony blinken calling for "de—escalation". take a look at this. this was overnight.
at a specialist school known as treloar�*s. it had medicalfacilities on site which helped pupils lead a more normal life, but also presented clinical researchers with a unique cohort of children. i met three of the 122 boys who attended the school in the �*70s and �*80s, gary, steve and ade. every new boy presumably was started on a trial. i mean, i certainly did. i went in �*75. by the beginning of �*76, i was on a trial for quite some time. research focused on preventative, known as prophylactic treatment, which meant three to four times more of the blood product known to be contaminated was given to the boys than they required. if we didn't go for our prophylaxis appointments, we would either get dragged out of school lessons, because you had missed your appointment, and if you did it so many times, you got black marks. they were also supposed to call... the haemophilia doctors were supposed to call our parents, and they were supposed to make that
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