A Jesmond woman whose husband and brother-in-law died after they received contaminated blood from the NHS, has spoken of her fury after former Prime Minister Sir John Major said the victims of the scandal had suffered “incredibly bad luck."
Carol Grayson, 62, has spent decades campaigning for justice for the victims of the NHS treatment scandal, which killed her husband, Peter Longstaff, and brother-in-law, Stephen. The pair were fatally infected with HIV through the blood products they were given to treat their haemophilia.
The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. Thousands died after contaminated blood products were imported from the US in the 1970s and 1980s, often from prisoners, sex workers and drug addicts who were paid to give their blood.
