Haemophiliacs face fight for justice

HAEMOPHILIACS found themselves facing yet another fight for justice after a meeting with Health Minister Micheál Martin yesterday.

They were disappointed but not surprised when the minister refused to make a special case for those inadequately compensated by the State as a result of contracting hepatitis C from infected blood products.

The minister told representatives of the Irish Haemophilia Society yesterday that to discriminate between one category and another would be unconstitutional and that the existing hepatitis C compensation framework must be maintained intact.