Law to offer comprehensive relief to hepatitis patients enacted

Law to offer comprehensive relief to hepatitis patients enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Eriko Fukuda (L), a House of Representatives lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, observes a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Nov. 30, 2009, as the upper house approves a law to offer financial support and other comprehensive relief to hepatitis patients. Fukuda led a group of hepatitis C patients in a lawsuit against the government and won her Diet seat in the August election.

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