Treatment Forum for Hep C Victims Tonight

The advocacy group The Patients Speak has organized a public information night to provide information about the hepatitis C outbreak and possible treatment for victims.

The public is invited to the forum, which will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the . The Patients Speak , but wanted to hold another session now that .

"We have a whole new set of victims who are now being tested," said former State Rep. Elenore Casey Crane, one of the group's founders. "Once we knew we had another 3,400 patients, we decided we needed to give them the opportunity as well to hear some of the legal answers. We're all about going through the concerns, getting answers and driving change. That's really what our group is."

Dr. Raymond Chung, chief of hepatology and vice chief of gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital, will provide an update on a new treatment for hepatitis C patients that has shown a 75 percent cure rate in clinical trials.

Crane said her group has also been working to develop a possible legal solution that would allow patients to be compensated immediately instead of having to go through the court system. The model being used is similar to the one used by the families of victims of 9/11.