IBTS sued over delays in notifying three Hepatitis C victims

THE Irish Blood Transfusion Service yesterday confirmed it is being sued by three people who tested positive for hepatitis C but who were not informed for a number of years that they had the virus.

A spokesperson said the cases related to a delay in notifying donors who had tested positive for the potentially fatal condition in the Munster region. Confirmation of the three cases comes less than a month after a man who contracted hepatitis C at birth settled his action against the IBTS and the State for €2m. Contaminated Anti-D blood product was administered to his mother at the time of his birth.

Yesterday, the whistleblower doctor who uncovered the hepatitis C scandal which left well over 1,000 women infected, postponed a planned press conference after she was warned by superiors that she was breaching its code of conduct.