Tehran, YJC. Blood transfusion official says the country’s Health Ministry has not acted properly in demanding reparation for patients suffering infected blood from France.
Three
decades ago, the Blood Transfusion Organization of Iran imported blood from
France’s Marion institute, now owned by Sanofi-Aventis, for hemophiliac patients.
The
blood was to be found long after to have been infected with HIV, making the
hemophiliac patients suffer yet a new disaster.
The
Head of Iran’s Blood Transfusion Organization Aliakbar Pour Fathollah in
interview with Tasnim said "The Ministry of Health and the Food and Drugs
Organization must pursue the issue. One of the weak points about our country
has been that we have not attended the matter strenuously enough.”
He
asserted that taking firm measures will make the French side pay the
compensation because "they are sure to give a clear response to the case for
the sake of their reputation.”