Hepatitis C sufferers from blood sandal urged to come forward
The administrators of a class action settlement for people infected with hepatitis C during Canada’s tainted blood scandal are appealing for people who missed a deadline for compensation to come forward and make a claim.
Thousands of Canadians were infected with the liver disease after receiving tainted blood transfusions or blood products between 1986 and 1990.
Under a class-action settlement approved by the courts in 1999, potential claimants to compensation were given a deadline of June
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