Infected blood scandal: Bereaved relatives in government compensation plea

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Relatives are calling for wider compensation for those caught up in the infected blood scandal.

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Jason Evans from Coventry is among signatories to hand over a letter on Monday amid complaints the government is dragging its heels over the issue."People are dying without seeing any acknowledgement," said Mr Evans. About 2,400 people died in what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

Surviving victims and families of the bereaved received interim compensation payments of about £100,000 from the government in October.Jason Evans is among bereaved relatives to hand over the letter addressed to Prime Minister Rishi Sunaksaid the scheme should be widenedMr Evans was four years old when his father Jonathan, a carpenter, died in 1993 after he contracted both HIV and hepatitis C during treatment.

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