Hepatitis C victim remains critical

AN Irish hepatitis C sufferer remains in a critical condition in a London hospital and there are still no immediate plans to give her a potentially life-saving liver transplant.

A spokesman for King’s College Hospital said that Sylvia O’Leary, 32, remained in a serious condition and that her husband, Des, maintains a constant vigil by her bedside.

Mrs O’Leary, a mother of two from Ballincollig, Co Cork, won her battle over Christmas with the Department of Health for a compensation pay-out, but the deal was so late that she remains unaware that her family will be looked after in the event of her death.