Hep C sufferer praises unit

IF there was bad blood between Valerie Murphy and the State that infected her with Hepatitis C, she has put it behind her.

The 49-year-old, from Cloghroe, Co Cork, took time yesterday to praise the Government’s latest efforts to help her and her fellow-sufferers.

A new out-patients unit, for the treatment of Hepatitis C victims, will, she said, be a huge bonus to the 600 women in the region infected by contaminated blood products supplied within the State.