Hepatitis C group demands independent inquiry

AN independent inquiry must be held to get closure on all outstanding blood contamination issues involving the blood bank, a victims’ support group urged yesterday.

Transfusion Positive, a group representing people infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusions, said it was not good enough to have the Irish Blood Transfusion Service investigate itself.

The group was commenting after a IBTS report found there was no evidence women became infected with hepatitis C from anti-D products outside the two timeframes the blood bank had identified and accepted.