Harney wrong, says vCJD victim’s father

THE father of a young man struck down with variant CJD yesterday confirmed he was willing to meet Health Minister Mary Harney to voice his concerns over how the horrific disease is being tackled.

Don Simms, whose 20-year-old son Jonathan is the world’s longest recorded survivor of the human version of mad cow disease, spoke out against Ms Harney’s handling of the emergence of a new case of the degenerative brain disease.

Ms Harney last week insisted that the national blood supply was safe after it emerged a suspected vCJD carrier was allowed donate blood.