Families of some of those affected are giving evidence at a public inquiry into the treatment disaster.
As a child, Michael was diagnosed with haemophilia, a genetic disorder that stopped his blood clotting properlyMore than 150 children with the blood disorder haemophilia were infected with HIV in the 1980s, according to documents from the national archives seen by BBC News. Some of the families affected are giving evidence at a public inquiry into what has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
As a toddler, he had been diagnosed with haemophilia, a genetic disorder that stopped his blood clotting properly. Between 1970 and 1991, 1,250 people with blood disorders were infected with HIV in the UK after taking Factor VIII - a new treatment that replaced the clotting protein missing from their blood.
Each batch was made from the pooled, or mixed, blood plasma of thousands of donors. If just one of those donors was HIV positive, then the virus could be passed on.including some in high-risk groups, such as prisoners and drug usersLinda remembers being first told about Aids at a presentation at Birmingham Children's Hospital in 1984 and warned to look out for certain symptoms.
Later in his life, as his immune system started to break down, Michael lost weight and experienced fatigue and memory loss.Michael as a young man: He died on May 26, 1995, exactly a week before his 26th birthday
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