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Article: Is it too much to ask that children with haemophilia get the best and safest treatment?
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 23, 1996
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"After HIV and Hepatitis C, I thought we'd never have to do it
again, but this is a never-ending battle. Is it too much to ask
that kids with haemophilia get the best and safest treatment?" asks
Lynda Quarmby.
Mrs Quarmby, from Mossley, near Manchester will today lead a
protest march of parents and children to Pendlebury Hospital, part
of the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Their homemade
placards and banners will proclaim their anger and frustration at
the reluctance of the National Health Service to pay for what
experts agree is the treatment of choice for all haemophiliacs, but
which is particularly appropriate for children.
It is the latest development in an increasingly bitter ...