cost of living
May. 31st, 2005 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathboyCanada Red Cross used HIV blood (which is old news from the 80s, but it's regarding the settlement)
More than 3,000 people have died since getting the tainted blood in the 1980s.
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The Red Cross now faces a fine up to C$5,000 (£2,180) and will donate C$1.5m (£654,000) towards medical research and educational scholarships.
$500 for a Canadian life?
286 GB pounds?
That's pretty cheap.
More than 3,000 people have died since getting the tainted blood in the 1980s.
read to the bottom...
The Red Cross now faces a fine up to C$5,000 (£2,180) and will donate C$1.5m (£654,000) towards medical research and educational scholarships.
$500 for a Canadian life?
286 GB pounds?
That's pretty cheap.
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Date: 2005-05-31 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-02 07:07 pm (UTC)The main reason for doing this was to get the public apology by the organisation. The charge was for violating the Food & Drug Act for distributing a tainted drug. The $5000 is the largest fine under that law. As part of the deal, the crown agreed to drop five criminal charges.
The Red Cross has already paid victims $55 million.
Finally, Dr. Roger Perrault, who was the Red Cross's director of blood transfusion until 1986, is facing three counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and seven counts of common nuisance by endangering the public and 3 other senior individuals involved have been successfully prosecuted.
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Date: 2005-06-02 07:08 pm (UTC)cheers, mucker.