Despite the fact that last year over 400 hemophilia patients were treated with peg-interferon as part of a widespread cirrhosis prevention campaign, the waiting lines are getting longer and longer. The fact is that even within the limits of the currently finalized court rulings, the ministry of health should engage in the treatment of over 1000 hemophilia patients, a task far from being completed. On the other hand, while some patients face the prospect of no treatment, another group of patients are gathering up after failed attempts at eradicating the infection.
Based on literature 35 to 40 percent of patients treated with the currently available medications may face a refractory status, and the court ruling has clearly obliged the ministry of health to care for these patients. The ministry of health should organize a committee to check on the current status of every infected patient. The refractory patients must be cared for or they will once again seek refuge within the walls of the judiciary. They have experienced two exhausting treatment episodes and maybe the best way to help them would be to initiate a temporary salary, until more advance treatments are made available.
