[Clive]

The fine was $5,000 Canadian plus 1.5 million dedicated to a scholarship fund and research project aimed at reducing medical errors.

This was pursuant to a plea bargain. Yanks may perhaps be familiar with the concept.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They got off with a hand slap.

[Clive]

Agreed. It was a slap on the wrist, especially in light of the lives lost or blighted by disease.

That is what happens in plea bargains, especially where the defendent is an organization with a century long reputation and patrons who are the descendents of the Family Compact.

[-YYZ-]

"The fine was $5,000 Canadian plus 1.5 million dedicated to a scholarship fund and research project aimed at reducing medical errors."

Plus, of course, the Red Cross was already removed from the blood business in Canada, provided a $70 million fund for victims, and the principals of the Red Cross at the time will stand for criminal prosecution.