A new breakthrough drug treatment is bringing about record success rates for hepatitis C patients across the country, according to the Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses.
However, ahead of World Hepatitis Day on July 28, the organization says there’s a shortage of doctors and nurses in Canada with the specialized training necessary to treat the contagious disease.
In the past year, the cure rate in chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 patients jumped from 40–50 percent to 70–80 percent due to a new three-drug treatment method recently approved by Health Canada and now in use across the country.
