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Revision as of 09:41, 12 January 2017
Overview
Professor Arthur Bloom's (AL Bloom) main focus was in the field of Haemophilia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
He died at the age of 62 on Thursday 12 November 1992.[7]
Positions
In the 1970's/1980's, he was Chairman of the Haemophilia Centre Directors Organisation[8].
Arthur served as Director of the Cardiff Haemophilia Centre and had held important positions with the World Federation of Haemophilia.
He was also a senior member of The Haemophilia Society's medical advisory panel and a member of the Central Blood Laboratories Authority (CBLA).[9]
Controversy
Being centrally placed, Professor Bloom was one the key figures in what would become know as the Tainted Blood Scandal.[10] Some of his actions were highlighted in The Penrose Inquiry.[11]
Posthumous
The Arthur Bloom Haemophilia Centre which is a part of The University Hospital of Wales was named after him and provides services for people with haemophilia[12], HIV/AIDS, & hepatitis C and their families.
- ^ http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bsht/bsht_website_002.htm
- ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2141.1978.tb03635.x/full
- ^ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/articles/5635918/
- ^ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1416779/
- ^ https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/216334
- ^ http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/2076/1/wit4.pdf
- ^ http://documentslide.com/documents/professor-arthur-bloom-a-tribute.html
- ^ http://www.penroseinquiry.org.uk/finalreport/pdf/LOT0032997.PDF
- ^ http://www.penroseinquiry.org.uk/finalreport/text/354876_chapter_12.html
- ^ http://taintedblood.info/timeline.php
- ^ http://www.penroseinquiry.org.uk/preliminary-report/chapter-8/
- ^ http://www.ukhcdo.org/haemophiliacentresa-c/