Government stalls blood victims again

EFFORTS by haemophiliacs to sue the drug companies responsible for infecting them with contaminated blood were yesterday stalled once more by the Government.

A meeting yesterday between the Irish Haemophilia Society (IHS) and the Health Minister ended in disappointment when the Government again deferred a decision on an offer from a US law firm to take on the drug companies on behalf of Irish haemophiliacs.

IHS chairperson, Michael Davenport, said members would be devastated.