"THE FORGOTTEN" examines cases of Canadian Thalidomide survivors who have been denied government compensation packages. Prescribed as a treatment for morning sickness in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Thalidomide caused the deaths of thousands of babies and deformed thousands more worldwide. The so-called "sample babies" are living with deformities consistent with Thalidomide exposure, but have no proof, because their mothers were given samples of the drug without a prescription, and no records exist.

To this day, the Thalidomide horror is held up as an example of all that can go wrong when drugs aren't properly tested before they are approved. W5 first reported about the consequences of Health Canada's lack of vigilance in the late 1960s, and nearly fifty years later returns to the issue as a handful of Thalidomide victims seek to overturn government policies. W5 Host and Managing Editor Kevin Newman meets with several victims deeply hurt by the government's rejection of their extensive medical records and affidavits signed by mothers who confirm they took the drug.

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Kevin Newman speaks with Thalidomide survivors Noella Hebert and  Barb Blair.