Inquiry into infected blood scandal which claimed life of Hartlepool man starts
A public inquiry into a national scandal when thousands of people were given infected blood products has started.
By Mark Payne
Published 1st May 2019, 11:29 GMT
Updated 1st May 2019, 11:35 GMT
Thousands of haemophiliacs and other hospital patients were given blood products infected with hepatitis C and HIV in the 1970s and 1980s, with around 2,400 people left dead.