<P> In 1994, an investigation found that 95 percent of hemophiliacs who used blood products supplied by the Canadian Red Cross prior to 1990 had contracted Hepatitis C. According to the Krever Commission, approximately 85 percent of those infections could have been prevented . Compared to blood services in Europe and the United States, the CRC was slow to disseminate information about possible infection to those receiving blood products . More than 1,100 Canadians were infected with HIV and 20,000 contracted Hepatitis C from blood transfusions given by the Red Cross during that period . </P> <P> The Canadian Red Cross was fined $5,000 for its role in the tainted blood scandal and the organization agreed to plead guilty to distributing a contaminated drug . It agreed to donate $1.5 million to the University of Ottawa for a research endowment fund, as well as a scholarship for the family members of those affected . In exchange, six criminal charges against the Canadian Red Cross were dropped . </P> <P> Dr. Roger Perrault, the director of the Canadian Red Cross at the time, was put on trial for his role in the scandal . The first trial, in Toronto before the Superior Court of Justice, resulted in an acquittal . He had been charged with four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and one of common nuisance . The counts of criminal negligence were specific to four victims who had contracted HIV from tainted blood . The second trial, in Hamilton, also before the Superior Court of Justice, resulted in charges being withdrawn . The charges were six counts of common nuisance and "stemmed from an allegation he endangered the public by failing to properly screen donors, implement testing for blood - borne viruses and warn the public of the danger regarding hepatitis C and HIV" and relate to a period of time in which the understanding of AIDS was even more rudimentary . The charges were withdrawn on the basis that there was no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction . </P> <P> An investigation conducted by Radio - Canada (CBC) first aired on March 17, 2010 on The National . It reported on the problems facing workers hired by Canadian Red Cross contractors during an effort to rebuild communities in the Indonesian province of Aceh . </P>

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