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In this episode, hosts Charles MacKenzie and Lyn uncover the true story behind a tainted blood donor known only as Code Donor D20 and how decisions made by Australia’s blood bank led to the death of Lyn’s young son, Martin, in 1989.

But this is not just one family’s tragedy.

Was D20 a tragic anomaly, or evidence of a far wider and hidden practice where thousands of high risk donors were knowingly recruited into the blood supply despite the dangers?

This episode challenges the official narrative and asks a question that still echoes today:
Was this a single failure or a systemic betrayal?

Show links

Another scalp taken! The CEO of the regulator on blood John Cahill jumps ship
https://www.blood.gov.au/national-blood-authority-chief-executive

How governments failed to stop the catastrophic impact of 'tainted blood' on thousands of people
https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/how-governments-failed-to-stop-the-catastrophic-impact-of-tainted-blood-on-thousands-of-people-20160714-gq602j.html

Turner Freeman submission to 2004 Senate inquiry exposing the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s knowing use of tainted blood donors to
https://www.infectedbloodaustralia.com/_files/ugd/efbdad_8a9b6821be874d798ed8a79e338fa439.pdf

This is where the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood used to advertise for blood donors during the AIDS crisis
https://www.infectedbloodaustralia.com/art6

https://www.infectedbloodaustralia.com/art5

The ‘Lookback report’
https://ddd792de-b24d-47fe-8177-91b7438b0894.usrfiles.com/ugd/ddd792_ffa5e979b8db4c4790adf814cc5344f8.pdf

Sydney Morning Herald story: Inquiry hears how a Sydney schoolboy was given blood from a heroin addict
https://www.smh.com.au/national/inquiry-hears-how-a-sydney-schoolboy-was-given-blood-from-a-heroin-addict-20220105-p59m4o.html

Ita Buttrose deceives the public in 1985 incorrectly stating that Haemophilia treatments have been purified.
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ddd792_d2874372777a4ef3a2c9342cce36349b~mv2.jpg

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Support a Royal commission of inquiry into the Australian Red Cross/CSL Infected Blood Scandal here https://www.infectedbloodaustralia.com/registration