Half of the 55 New Zealand women at risk of hepatitis C following treatment at a Melbourne abortion clinic have been identified and health authorities are urging others to come forward.
It is expected that about 3500 women, including the 55 New Zealanders, contracted the disease from Peters.
From Tvnz.co.nz:
Healthline has taken 66 calls from New Zealand women who believe they could have contracted the disease, and transferred 54 calls to the Australian hepatitis C helpline, Ministry of Health deputy director of public health Fran McGrath says.
The calls came after media coverage and advertisements urged the 55 New Zealanders at risk of contracting the disease from Croydon Day Surgery, in Melbourne’s northeast, where anaesthetist James Peters worked between 2006 and late last year, to come forward.
The Victorian Department of Health had notified the ministry 26 of the 55 New Zealand women had been contacted and referred for testing.
McGrath says anyone treated at the clinic between January 2006 and December 2009 should ring Healthline on 0800 611 116 and get tested and treated if needed.
The Victorian police and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria have already initiated investigations against Peters over his patients’ infections.
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