Haemophiliacs accuse Martin of inaction

HAEMOPHILIACS infected by contaminated blood products have accused the Government of stonewalling in its pledge to examine the drug companies that supplied the tainted stock.

In a letter last night to Health Minister Micheál Martin the Irish Haemophiliac Society (IHS) condemns him for:

Failing to put the National Haemophilia Council on a statutory footing, two years after the Lindsay Tribunal recommended its establishment.