Sharron Davies' mum, Sheila Davies, died in 2017 after contracting Hepatitis C which she contracted after a blood transfusion in the 1970s.
A former Olympian from Devon who's mother died after contracting Hepatitis C after receiving a blood transfusion is calling for "justice" for victims given contaminated products.
"When you first get it you often don't know you've got it so it can take anywhere between 10 or 20 years before the symptoms start to come out and that very much affects your liver. "by then it was too late so they offered her drugs which might prolong her life but she didn't want that so we gave her a very dignified death at the end.
"No amount of money brings mum back and I'd have loved for her to have seen her great grandchildren."In the 1970s, there was a shortage of blood products used to treat bleeding disorders like haemophilia in the UK. A public inquiry into what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history will announce its findings later this month.
"I just want to see justice for people right now who are still struggling and for people who were ignored for such a long time.
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