HEPATITUS C SUFFERERS IN AUSTRALIA GOING UNTREATED

There has been a call for urgent action to treat 98% of the 200,000 Australians living with the virus. Only 2% of Australians receieved treatment last year. The number of people with severe liver disease as a result of untreated hepatitis c has risen from 35,000 to 47,600 in the past five years. The virus can be cured with drugs in up to 80 per cent of cases.