A woman has described how her family were penniless after her father’s death in 2000.
A grieving daughter has described how her bank handed her a £1 coin instead of a loan after her family was left destitute when her father died from contaminated blood.
Neil Kerr, who was infected with HIV and hepatitis C during his treatment for haemophilia, died in 2000His daughter, Lisa Nelson, described how she went to the bank to ask for a loan and was only given a £1 coin. Speaking ahead of the publication of the final report of the infected blood inquiry, the 47-year-old, from Belfast, said: “He was a wonderful man, he was the life and soul of the party. He was only 42 when he passed. I’m now older than my dad ever got to be which is scary.”
“I don’t even know how we got through it when I look back to it now. It was horrendous, a very dark time. Lisa Nelson has described how her family was left destitute after her father’s death from infected bloodThe family couldn’t get social housing so had to rent privately, half paid by Ms Nelson’s grandfather and she paid the other half, but added: “There were just some months where we didn’t have it and and we ended up getting in arrears and owing money.
“It is having to get your begging bowl out which is not dignified when these people are sick, it’s not their fault they are sick, they’re just trying to make ends meet. It’s hard enough when your health is declining without financial burdens being put on you.
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