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'Hairdressers refused to cut my hair after what they did to my dad and uncle'

By the time Sarah Clark was born, her dad had already become unwell. Peter Dudley Clark and his brother, Francis Robert Clark, received Factor VIII injections to replace clotting proteins that were missing in their blood from birth.It was a normal health procedure that the 'very lovable' pair went through. But from 1978 to 1985, the pair were given infected blood. It gave them HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.It was a devastating situation for the siblings and for their family, Lancs Live reports. Sarah, now 46, believes her dad would have found out he was ill around 1983, after going back and forth to the doctors.Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter‌Sarah, from Mawdesley, near Wigan, said: "By the time me and my brother were born, my dad had
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