SYDNEY — A Cape Breton health-care advocate is welcoming the province’s decision to cover a new line of hepatitis C drugs.
Christine Porter, who runs the Ally Centre of Cape Breton in Sydney, said any move to lower prescription drug costs for the marginalized is a step in the right direction.
She said the island is home to the highest per capita rates of the disease in both the province and the country.
“It’s a great thing when the government covers medications for any disease, especially with hepatitis C; the cost is exorbitant unless you have a really, really good medical plan,” said Porter.
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Canada: Cape Breton medical officer calls for more hepatitis C screening
About 5,000 Nova Scotians have contracted the infection. In 2013, Cape Breton recorded the second-highest rate of hepatitis C in the province — or about 24 per cent of all hepatitis C cases.
SYDNEY — Cape Breton’s medical officer of health is encouraging the screening of patients for hepatitis C as a result of staggering rates of the disease.
Dr. Monika Dutt recently offered the advice to close to 60 doctors taking part in a family medicine gathering in Sydney.
“We have rates that are about double what we’re seeing in the rest of the province,” Dutt said in an interview with The Chronicle Herald on Sunday. “It’s something that been increasing over quite a few years now.”
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