CHAT Cairns Hepatitis Action Team
WHERE TO GO
FOR TREATMENT
Here is some info about where to go, or just give the hepatitis health promotion officer a call!
Cairns Sexual Health Service offers hep C treatment, and you are welcome to bring your friends in too. No appointment needed.
Monday 8:30am 11:30am and 1pm -3:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am 11:30am and 1pm -3:30pm
Wednesday CLOSED am 1pm -3:30pm
Thursday 8:30am 11:30am and 1pm -6.00pm
Friday 8:30am 11:30am and 1pm -3:30pm
Cairns Sexual Health Service is upstairs at Cairns North Community Health Facility (opposite Tobruk Pool), 381 Sheridan St, Cairns North. Easy parking and on the bus route.
You can phone or SMS the hepatitis health promotion officer at 42264769 for more information.
Many general practitioners (GPs) have the knowledge to treat hep C, as do Aboriginal Medical Services.
Finding a doctor to treat your hep C:
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phone or SMS the hepatitis health promotion officer at Cairns Sexual Health to help find a doctor in your area ph 42264769
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search the Hepatitis Queensland treatment directory
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ask your local GP clinic or Aboriginal Medical Service
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Talk to nurse Penny Fox at the Cairns Hospital Liver Clinic ph 4226 7224. The Liver Clinic manages people with cirrhosis and liver diseases, and they run hep C treatment outreach clinics in many towns around the Cairns area, and at Lotus Glen Prison and a clinic at Cairns Hospital.
Many languages
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members
All Good by our friends at ASHM has information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
By the great team at Hepatitis Victoria
Hep Heroes Peter Waples-Crowe and Ron Briggs appeal to their ‘mob’ – the Aboriginal community – to overcome their shame and get tested and treated for hepatitis. Ron Briggs was treated for Hep C and says “It’s all about your spirituality. It’s all about emotional and physical health and when you get that back, you are a 100% different person and you feel good about yourself. It’s all about being strong.”
Ask your local Aboriginal Medical Service about treatment, or give Cairns Sexual Health Service a call, or drop in to see them.
All Good has the following languages: Torres Strait Yumplatok, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Simplified Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Dari, Pashto, Khmer, Vietnamese Tiếng Việt, Thai, Burmese, Lao, Bahasa Melayu
Vietnamese and Arabic factsheets
The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland have kindly let us link to their hep C information in Vietnamese and Arabic.
Vietnamese and English hep C factsheet
Arabic and English hep C factsheet