Photo: Infected blood campaigners gather in Parliament Square, ahead of the publication of the final report into the scandal in London on 19 May, 2024 (AP)
Public inquiry’s findings on the tainted blood crisis, which has resulted in 30,000 infections from tainted blood treatments, including 380 children, is considered the largest medical catastrophe in the NHS.
Findings showed that officials by covering up the incident, exposed victims to unacceptable danger. Sunak is attempting to look good in the terrible scandal by characterizing on May 21 as a “day of shame for the British state.”
The government, and the NHS of allowing patients to get HIV and hepatitis being let down “not once, but repeatedly.”
Approximately 3,000 people have perished since then, with more expected.
Sunak expressed his “truly sorry” to the House of Commons for his failings and vowed he would pay “whatever it costs” in compensation payments to victims, at the same time imposed a compensatory restriction. While saving on the National Health Service, Sunak prefers to increase military spending on distant unjust wars in Ukraine and Gaza.