There will be rapid tests and laboratory tests for hepatitis



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The rapid detection of hepatitis C can be done on Monday 30, from 14h to 18h, in health centers No. 2 (Kuanip 957, Barrio Felipe Varela), No. 3 (Gov Valdez and Náufragos del Sarmiento – Latin American District) and No. 8 (Río Claro and De la Estancia – Río Pipo district) of the city of Ushuaia; and on Monday, 30 and Tuesday, 31, from 1 pm to 5 pm, at the Infectious Disease Clinic of the Rio Grande Regional Hospital.

Conventional tests for viral hepatitis will be conducted from Monday 30 to Friday 03, from 07 to 09 hours, in the laboratories of the two regional hospitals and the Tolhuin Welfare Center.

It should be recalled that the World Health Organization has established July 28 as the "World Day Against Viral Hepatitis", in commemoration of the birth of Baruch Blumberg, the discoverer of the virus of the 21st century. Hepatitis B.

Viral hepatitis is a disease caused by a group of viruses that lodge in the liver and affect it temporarily or chronically. It is important to perform the test at least once in life because in most cases it does not show any symptoms. The diagnosis is essential since there is a treatment against hepatitis B and C.

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