Man seeks compensation over blood transfusion errors

A man who was accidentally given infected blood during transfusions is waiting to discover whether a government bill will enable him and others like him to secure compensation.

Ron Venton contracted hepatitis C through unclean blood during the 1970s and 1980s, the Herald reports.

The 69-year-old needed to have transfusions because he suffers from haemophilia - an inherited condition which affects the blood's ability to clot.

He hopes that a Private Members' Bill due to be discussed in January will help people in his situation receive money for their conditions.

Mr Venton said: "The government should have already done more for people who are suffering because of an error in allowing them to have infected blood - leaving some with aids, some with liver cancer and hep C."

He believes he got hepatitis C from blood plasma he received in 1988 and is one of 4,670 haemophiliacs who contracted the disease from contaminated blood.