Personal Injury Law

Mad Cow Disease Claims Suffolk Man

Suffolk & Essex online today reports that Guy Massey, a 53-year old Suffolk businessman,  died on Jaunary 28, 2008 from the human form of mad cow's disease.  He died just ten weeks after he was told he had the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and eight months before he was due to marry later this year.

Suffolk & Essex online reports that:

Variant CJD (vCID), believed to be the human form of mad cow's disease, is extremely rare and affects only a handful of people each year.

Family members are unsure whether a cornea graft operation he had seven years ago at West Suffolk Hospital might have been connected with the disease.

But hospital chiefs last night said cases of the disease were extremely rare and encouraged the family to get in touch with any concerns they might have.

Mr. Massey was clearly a man who enjoyed life and was greatly loved.   His story can be found here.

Full post as published by Mad Cow Blog on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).