Hep C victim holds hope for others

Maybe if she were the Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole life would be completely different. However for a hepatitis C sufferer living in Minden Hills, barely surviving on the meagre income provided by Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), the reality is far more disturbing. This woman, who moved from British Columbia, simply wanted to spend what little time she had left to live in her home province.

Jane Smith (not her real name) contracted the hepatitis C virus (HCV) from a blood transfusion during a hysterectomy in 1981. Her first diagnosis of HCV was in 1997.

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