Women who met through infected blood inquiry say it was ‘magical relief’ to find each other
Three women who were infected by contaminated blood products have spoken about the “magical” relief of meeting each other through the Infected Blood Inquiry and learning that they were not alone in their health struggles.
Sue Wathen, Joan Edgington and Nicola Leahey, who all met through the inquiry, found out they were all infected with hepatitis C.
The infected blood scandal concerns over 30,000 people in the UK who were infected with deadly viruses during the 1970s and 1980s due to contaminated blood products.
The latest evidence submitted to the inquiry suggests that nearly 2,000 of victims are living, formed in 2017, will determine where responsility lies , amid allegations of a decades long cover-up by the NHS.
