AdvertisementNationalIllness Bill Crews on the scandal that sickened his wife Carrie Fellner August 9, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. James Brickwood Armstrong-Crews received a tainted blood transfusion via the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, since rebranded as Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, while the couple was trying to conceive. AdvertisementFinally, the answer came: it was hepatitis C, a blood-borne viral infection that can cause liver failure, liver cancer and death. Crews remembers sitting opposite a barrister representing the Australian Red Cross Blood Service as he requested compensation for his wife. AdvertisementCrews recalled the blood service was even aware of the name of the donor who had given his wife the infected blood.