Posted on 07/19/2005 11:49:28 AM PDT by Clive
TORONTO (CP) - The doctor at the centre of the tainted blood tragedy that left thousands infected with HIV and hepatitis C will know next month whether he will stand trial.
Defence lawyer Eddie Greenspan says any insinuations that Dr. Roger Perrault, the former head of the Canadian Red Cross, wants to escape justice are "dead wrong."
Greenspan says Perrault appreciates the enormity of the disaster and that if he were healthy he would stand trial "in a New York minute."
Perrault is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and common nuisance endangering the public.
The 68-year-old is applying for the charges to be stayed, which would effectively withdraw them without presenting evidence, because he says the stress of a year-long trial could kill him.
But James Kreppner, who was infected with HIV and hepatitis C after a blood transfusion about 20 years ago, says it's bitterly ironic that Perrault is arguing he is too sick to stand trial.
It's alleged Perrault failed to screen blood products and take adequate measures to prevent people infected with HIV-AIDS from donating blood.
More than 1,000 Canadians became infected with blood-borne HIV and up to 20,000 others contracted hepatitis C after receiving tainted blood products.
It's not clear how many people have lost their lives to tainted blood, but the death toll was 3,000 as of 1997.
It has been called the worst public health disasters to strike Canada last century.
-
-
What manner of Arkancide will he get?
That's my only question.
Hope nobody really expects him to (live to)implicate the Clintons.
Interesting that the dates and origin of the blood supply have been left out.
Old time Freepers know what this case involves, but I doubt if many others do.
This apparently happened 20 years ago but is only now going to trial? huh?
"But James Kreppner, who was infected with HIV and hepatitis C after a blood transfusion about 20 years ago..."
Looks like that's as close as we're going to get, other than the deceptive date of 1997.
Hopefully they'll learn now.
Who knows? But he'd better protect the area behind his ears.
And stay away from planes.
Yep, another travesty of the Clintons's..
Blood Trail.
The story of the clintons milking maximum security prisoners for blood and selling it to Canada.
While he was AG in Arkansas, he did more than just rape campaign workers.
Maybe he likes to nap by the cannon in the park.
Or take an unplanned canoe trip without his shoes or life jacket on.
He might get depressed enough to shoot himself in the back of the head, twice.
He might die of natural causes on train tracks.
Yeah, taking a nap.
Well, unless I go look up the list, I'm out.
Although there's always the random shots from the white car at the intersection.
My friend's daughter got some of that blood.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.