Victims of hepatitis and HIV infected bloodscandal speak on 'damning' report | BBC News

The UK government will set out details of the infectedblood compensation scheme on Tuesday.

30,000 people were infected with hepatitis and HIVwhile receiving NHS treatment between the 1970s and1990s - and 3,000 have since died.

On Monday, a public inquiry said victims wererepeatedly failed, with evidence of a cover-up.

Roger Newman, who discovered he was infected withHIV and hepatitis C as a teenager, said, "We were alsoall so aware of so many that couldn't be there becausethey were either too ill or already passed away."