A woman is reliving the devastating loss of her mother after a medical inquiry revealed that her death may have been linked to a routine blood transfusion. Decades later, she and other claimants are now being asked to dig up old medical records to prove their cases, despite recommendations from the inquiry that should have simplified the process. The inquiry found that her mother’s rapid decline and fatal liver hemorrhage followed the transfusion, raising serious questions about the safety of the procedure. Survivors are now fighting for recognition and compensation, but the burden of proof remains a major obstacle.
Claimants are asked to dig out decades-old medical records to prove they qualify despite inquiry’s recommendationsSuzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine months after she had gone into hospital with gallstones, where she received a routine blood transfusion.“She went downhill rapidly,” Morgan recalled. Her mother haemorrhaged in her liver, and the next day she was dead. Continue reading...
