'They made me sick': B.C. woman who contracted hepatitis C through tainted blood denied costly possible cure

A Nanaimo, B.C., woman who contracted the hepatitis C virus through tainted blood has been denied a blockbuster new medication the province says is extremely expensive and would bankrupt the health budget. "I think about having hepatitis C every day," says Nikky Davies, who has liver damage and suffers from headaches, nausea and fatigue. "It's ruined my quality of life." Davies, 54, was excited to hear about the new drug Harvoni, which eliminates the hepatitis C virus in approximately 95 per cent of all patients (not including those with liver failure or who have had a liver transplant) and made news when actor...

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