Irish Government Launches Program To Provide Life Insurance To People With HIV, Hepatitis C Through Contaminated Blood ... (Medical News Today)
Story date: 2007-10-02 01:12:45
Added on: 2007-10-02 14:00:15
The Irish government on Thursday launched a program to provide life insurance, mortgage protection and travel insurance to people who contracted HIV or hepatitis C through contaminated blood products, Ireland's Evening Echo reports (Evening Echo, 9/27). In the mid-1980s, about half of Ireland's 500 hemophiliacs contracted HIV or hepatitis C from the nation's blood supply. [click link for full ...
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