"Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal," made by Kelly Duda, an Arkansas native, will reveal new details about how inmates at an Arkansas jail were paid to donate blood despite authorities knowing they had AIDS and hepatitis.The documentary shows how senior figures in the state prison system altered prisoners' medical records to make it look like they were not carrying the deadly diseases.
HIV/AIDS-CHINA: Henan Orphans Finally Speak Out
Wen's parents, as many other Henan peasants, were infected with the disease after selling blood to government collection stations in the 1990s. Numerous donors would be hooked up to the same blood plasma machines and the virus spread from one infected patient to many others.It was the cash crunch that drove local governments in Henan to pile into the blood plasma trade as a way of funding their medical services. Once in the business, officials were reluctant to abandon such a lucrative source of revenue, even when the trade was banned.
In other accounts that I read that their plasma was pooled, and then retransfused to the donors from the pooled plasma after the desired components were obtained. There are no other good simple explanations for a diagnosis other than AIDS.
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