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Robert Viana-Ross was just 10 when he was first given a blood infusion - used to control bleeding in patients with haemophilia - but later developed hepatitis C as a result of the contaminated product
A Black Isle man infected with contaminated blood was in London today to hear that a treatment scandal affecting thousands could have been avoided.
Contaminated blood scandal - At the Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI), campaigner and researcher Bruce Norval said the medical world "knew the risks" of using blood products to treat haemophiliacs.
Contaminated blood scandal - At the Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI), campaigner and researcher Bruce Norval said the medical world "knew the risks" of using blood products to treat haemophiliacs.
11:33 EDT, 9 June 2021 A haemophiliac and campaigner has said he feels 'horror' thinking he may have passed on hepatitis unwittingly after being turned 'into potentially a vehicle that could cause death to a whole family'. Bruce Norval was infected with Hepatitis C aged 23 after being treated with contaminated blood products for his bleeding disorder, the Infected Blood Inquiry heard on Wednesday. The Scots-born former nursing student, now in his mid-50s, criticised the public health response in the late 20th century, saying many medical practitioners viewed Hepatitis B and C 'as if it's a ...