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Mon 12 Dec 2009British government to pay £20m to thalidomide victims
LONDON – Campaigners were celebrating yesterday after learning the British government is set to provide money for thalidomide victims.
Under a deal to be announced soon, the British department of health will pay a grant of £20 million (€22.5 million) over three years to the Thalidomide Trust, which dispenses aid to people disabled by the drug.
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