A memorial has been unveiled at Lord Mayor's Treloar's College, a boarding school in Hampshire, commemorating pupils with haemophilia who were given contaminated blood products as part of experimental medical treatments during the 1970s and 1980s.
According to GB News, 122 pupils with haemophilia attended the school between 1970 and 1987, and only around 30 were still alive when the Infected Blood Public Inquiry published its main report in 2024. The boys were infected with HIV and hepatitis, GB News reported.
BBC News noted that pupils at the school received medical treatments using contaminated blood products during this period, as part of the wider infected blood scandal.
How each side covered it
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- BBC News and Sky News reported on the unveiling of a memorial at the school where pupils were experimented on with contaminated blood.
- BBC News noted pupils received medical treatments using contaminated blood products during the 1970s and 1980s.
“Memorial unveiled at school where boys were experimented on with contaminated blood” — BBC News
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- GB News reported that 122 haemophiliac pupils attended the school between 1970 and 1987, with only around 30 still alive by 2024.
- GB News and The Telegraph both reported the boys were infected with HIV and hepatitis through experimental blood products.
- GB News cited the Infected Blood Public Inquiry's 2024 report on the scandal.
“Schoolboy victims of infected blood scandal given memorial” — GB News
Questions readers ask
What happened at Treloar's College?
A memorial was unveiled at Lord Mayor's Treloar's College in Hampshire for haemophiliac pupils who were given contaminated blood products in experimental treatments during the 1970s and 1980s, according to BBC News, Sky News, GB News and The Telegraph.
How many pupils were affected?
According to GB News, 122 pupils with haemophilia attended Treloar's between 1970 and 1987, and only around 30 were still alive when the Infected Blood Public Inquiry's main report was published in 2024.
What illnesses did the pupils contract?
According to GB News, the boys were infected with HIV and hepatitis after being given experimental blood products.
What is the Infected Blood Public Inquiry?
It is an inquiry that published a main report in 2024 examining the infected blood scandal, including what happened to haemophiliac pupils at Treloar's, according to GB News.
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- BBC SportCenterMemorial for pupils given contaminated blood at Treloar's
- Sky NewsCenterInfected blood scandal: Memorial to haemophiliac children infected from experimental treatments
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- The TelegraphRight-leaningSchoolboys experimented on with infected blood given memorial