One of the victims of the infected blood scandal has said she never thought she would see the day the inquiry’s final report was released. Gill Fyffe, from Perthshire, was infected with Hepatitis C in 1988 after receiving a blood transfusion during the birth of her daughter. It took seven years – during which she experienced extreme fatigue and was forced to give up work – for her to be notified the blood had been infected.
On Monday, the findings of a long-running inquiry were released, with chairman Sir Brian Langstaff finding more than 30,000 people were infected with contaminated blood between the 1970s and 1990s, which he described as a “calamity”. Deliberate attempts, the inquiry found, were made to cover up what had happened and patients were knowingly exposed to an unacceptable level of risk. READ MORE: Infected blood scandal could 'largely' have been avoided 'Thousands of lives' still blighted by infected blood - as report finally published Ambulance wait time for critical illness up across Scotland Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland on Tuesday, Ms Fyffe said: “It was a day I thought I’d never see.
” She added: “It’s been a curious mixture – there’s a feeling of elation which I can only say is comparable to a feeling of freedom.” But there was also a feeling of “desperate regret” for those at an event in London where the findings were published. “If only we had had this judgement 30 years ago,” she said.
Fighting back tears, Ms Fyffe cont.