Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials
Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials
The true scale of the number of medical trials using infected blood products on children in the 1970s and 80s has been revealed by documents seen by BBC News.
They reveal a secret world of unsafe clinical testing involving children in the UK, as doctors placed research goals ahead of patients' needs.
They continued for more than 15 years, involved hundreds of people, and infected most with hepatitis …