Hébert is one of three New Brunswickers who were rejected from a 2015 federal compensation program for thalidomide victims. Hébert was born without a left arm and with severe malformations in her other limbs. The lack of a prescription kept Hébert and 166 others from being part of a federal compensation program for victims in 2015. 'We got to push'A 30-minute drive from Saint-Louis-de-Kent, Paul Richard was born in Rogersville in 1969 with malformed arms. The settlement order, which is tied to a 2019 compensation program, would leave Hébert and Richard out.

Source: CBC News June 28, 2020 11:00 UTC