# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaSHsu3oNiV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67323907-wild-history-uk-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-02T08:07:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

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British history | forgotten Britain

Newport, Wales. Colin Smith weighed thirteen pounds when he died in 1990. He was seven. Infected as a toddler through NHS blood products pooled from tens of thousands of donors — including paid US prisoners — his family were shunned for years after his diagnosis. A manufacturer’s own 1976 memo said the British market would accept a higher risk of hepatitis for a cheaper product. In the 1990s, the Department of Health destroyed the files. In May 2024, a public inquiry finally reported: 30,000 infected, 3,000 dead. Its verdict — a chilling cover-up, decades of hidden truth.

Negligence, or a cover-up that cost 30 years and 3,000 lives?

#BritishHistory #ForgottenHistory #NHS #DarkHistory #HiddenHistory

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forgottenhistory, nhs, britishhistory, hiddenhistory, darkhistory

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