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Haemophiliacs in the uk, perhaps many more people who received a blood transfusion. today, this week, the focus is on this one school in hampshire, and some of the stories coming out of the school are pretty harrowing. back in the mid 70s to mid—80s, around 122 young haemophiliacs went to that school, a boarding school for children with physical disabilities. you wouldn't really call haemophilia a disability now, but that is how it was viewed, and they were given, along with other haemophiliacs, a new type of clotting agent that helps the blood clot. now, for these boys, this was life changi...

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Suggestion of the weekend that they might be a high—powered meeting of this tomorrow and we were told that will not happen and matt hancock says there will still come forward with a plan before the end of this year. the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal is to start hearing detailed evidence about how a boarding school for disabled children was caught up in what's been called the worst treatment disaster in nhs history. from 1974 to 1987, dozens of pupils at treloar�*s college in hampshire were offered treatment for haemophilia. at least 72 died after being given a drug contami...

Where the plasma used to make the drug was donated by at—risk groups — prisoners injails, for example. to begin with, they noticed that some of the boys were turning yellow, they were getting hepatitis a, b and later c, linked to this drug that they were taking. by the early 80s, there were the first stories about hiv-aids there were the first stories about hiv—aids imaging, and some of the boys were falling very sick with what would later be diagnosed as hiv-aids. what would later be diagnosed as hiv—aids. we are talking about 13—year—olds, 15—year—olds being told, you are hiv...

Earlier? and then the second issue, which is talked about as well, which is, at the school, where parents and the boys told about this early enough? you know, iwas the boys told about this early enough? you know, i was talking to a boy last week, he was told he was hiv positive, but his mum wasn't old for another year, so there were questions about who knew what when and how quickly a safer form of the drug could have been brought online. thank you very much, jim. jim reed, our health correspondent. they're seen to be the leading candidates in next year's presidential election in france, but b...