CANADA: Walkerton E. coli kid now has diabetes; harried parents still await compensation - (The Canadian Press)
March 9, 2008 – 5:28 pmHANOVER, Ont. Eight years ago, Kody Hammell’s blood-stained diaper was among the first signs that one of Canada’s worst-ever public health disasters was unfolding.
Kody would soon go into kidney failure, the result of drinking E. coli-poisoned tap water at home in Walkerton, Ont.
After weeks of agony for both child and parents, the child pulled through and seemed, over the years, to have largely mended, despite bouts of poor health and constant watchfulness for signs of permanent kidney damage.
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