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Few Canadians know of Mr. L, an auto worker in Ontario who gave the
gift of life in 1984 as part of a company blood donor drive. Many
more will remember Kenneth Pittman, a 53-year-old heart patient,
who died after being infected with AIDS -- from Mr. L's blood. They
will also remember Mr. Pittman's wife, Rochelle, who contracted the
virus from her husband because his doctor decided not to inform
them of Mr. Pittman's fatal disease.This tragic story is a
microcosm of Canada's blood scandal. For over a decade,
bureaucratic dithering, profits-over-protection responses, a
paternalistic medical establishment and uninformed victims combined
to create the worst health-care disaster in Canadian history. More
than 1,200 people have contracted AIDS from tainted blood -- and
the dying continues. Andre Picard has produced the definitive
analysis of this complex tragedy. All of the players are here --
public health officials who refused to take the homosexual plague
seriously; the Red Cross, which worried about bad publicity and the
bottom line; the too-little-too-late government that offered
inadequate compensation for victims; and the arrogant medical
establishment which sometimes took years to inform HIV patients of
their condition; and most of all, the victims, who are paying for
this betrayal with their lives. The Gift of Death is a call for a
serious re-evaluation of an outdated blood system to ensure that a
similar tragedy never occurs.
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