Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today asked the health department to examine the feasibility of a new drug for treatment of Hepatitis-C in the state.
The chief minister also directed the chief secretary to assess the success rate of the new drug through minute evaluation of the outcome of trials conducted by the AIIMS and the PGIMER to enable the state government to take a final decision.
The durg has been offered by the US-based Gilead Sciences, an official statement said.
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He also said that till mid-July, 31,000 Hepatitis-C patients had been treated in the state with a success rate of 93 per cent.
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