Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi on Tuesday met with plaintiffs in two lawsuits filed over brain surgery patients who died after receiving dura mater tainted by the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Sanichi tani shows a photo of his wife, Takako, who died last January of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease at age 46 after receiving a transplant of tainted dura mater.It is the first time the health chief has met with patients and relatives of the deceased victims. The settlement talks, which began in July, moved into high gear this year.