A judge has increased to €250,000 a sum of €180,000 compensation awarded to a woman who suffered “life-destroying” side effects, including a brain injury, following treatment to deal with being infected with hepatitis C through the blood product Anti-D. Mr Justice Bernard Barton increased by €70,000 the €180,000 award made by the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal after the woman developed severe side effects, including cirrhosis of her liver and a brain injury, as a result of undergoing treatment two years ago. The woman, who cannot be...
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