Reuters.com Hepatitis scandal sparks anger at Japan government http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST137518
Fri Oct 26, 2007 By Linda Sieg TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Eriko Fukuda was an active young woman of 20 when she was told she had contracted potentially deadly hepatitis C after being treated with a tainted blood product as an infant and needed costly and grueling treatment. This week, she was outraged when Japanese health ministry officials admitted to possessing data that would have helped them to identify and warn hundreds of similarly afflicted patients years ago, before their illnesses worsened. http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST137518
