Doctor suspended in blood transfusion scandal of 1994

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has suspended the doctor that uncovered the blood transfusion scandal in 1994.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has suspended the doctor that uncovered the blood transfusion scandal in 1994.

Dr Joan Power became a key figure in the argument over centralised blood testing once she uncovered the fact that healthy women had been infected with hepatitis C as a result of infected blood products.

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