Hull blood contamination victim: "we must get answers"

Glen Wilkinson was infected with Hepatitis C after a routine operation to remove two teeth.

Author: Natalie BellPublished 21st Jun 2019

People from Hull who were given contaminated blood by the NHS tell us they're "hopeful" of getting the answers they've been searching over three decades for.

An inquiry into what's described as the biggest medical disaster in the history of the NHS has been hearing from victims in Leeds this week.

As many as 3 thousand patients are thought to have died after being given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s.

Glen Wilkinson was infected with Hepatitis C back in 1983 after a routine operation to remove two teeth. He

He wants to see better care and more closer attention paid to their conditions to prevent even more lives being lost. He told us:

"I think it's time now that the government and NHS step up and start monitoring the community that they infected more closely so that more people will see the end of the inquiry and hopefully more people will go on to live reasonably healthy lives in the future.

"It has affected every part of my life, from employment to the relationship with my wife to our choice of having more than two children, it has just devastated everything.

"The biggest concern we have at the minute is the fact that people are losing their lives to this infection and they're not going to see the end of this inquiry. Since 11 July 2017 when it was announced that this inquiry was going to go ahead we have already lost 96 individuals.

"By not testing us and by literally discharging us from any ongoing monitoring, we are being failed for a second time and they are just leaving the community out there to die. They have a responsibility to keep a very close eye on the people they infected.

"It's important we get answers we have been searching over three decades for so that people can start to heal because it's important I think for the community to be able to move on and life a life because this constant fighting and campaigning, we should be doing over things."