Newcastle News

GOVERNMENT REVERSES DECISION ON HUNTER GIRL’S MEDICAL TREATMENT

A Hunter couple, who last week issued a plea to the federal government to continue subsidising their daughter’s medical treatment, has had their wish granted.

Seven-year-old Ivy Tregenza suffers from an immune deficiency, which requires her to take a drug which affects her growth.

Her parents were recently told the government would no longer subsidise her growth hormone treatment, but last night, that decision was reversed.

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