Article 5KB9X Infected blood scandal: Ex-pupil tells inquiry he did not know he was in a trial

Infected blood scandal: Ex-pupil tells inquiry he did not know he was in a trial

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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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Gary Webster, who went to Treloar College, was part of a cohort of 89 children, less than a quarter of whom are still alive

A man who was one of scores of pupils infected with contaminated blood products at a specialist boarding school has told a public inquiry neither he nor his parents were told that he was taking part in medical trials.

Out of 89 haemophiliac children who attended Treloar College in Hampshire in the 1970s and 1980s, less than a quarter of former pupils are still alive, the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal heard on Monday.

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