Search
Close this search box.
Ozzie News
Search
Close this search box.

Derryn Hinch has a year to live without liver transplant

Doctors have informed DERRYN Hinch that he has merely 12 months to live unless he undergoes a liver transplant.

The 3AW radio personality, diagnosed with liver cancer in September, received this distressing news from his physicians this morning, who indicated that a transplant may be his only chance for survival.

This announcement came just a day after he appeared in the High Court to contest a prison sentence for publicly naming convicted sex offenders. Hinch learned from his doctors that further surgical options are no longer viable.

“This seems to be my only chance for long-term survival,” he remarked during his Drive program this afternoon.

At 66 years old, Hinch was initially given a 60 per cent likelihood of surviving the next five years upon his liver cancer diagnosis in September. He later underwent a partial liver removal later that month.

When he inquired with his doctor at the Austin Hospital about life expectancy without a transplant, he reported hearing, “He said 12 months.”

He mentioned that he would go through a comprehensive series of tests before hopefully being added to the organ donor waiting list.

During his appointment at Austin Hospital this morning, Hinch shared that he received both “good news and bad news.”

“The bad news is that I’ve been told it’s a very aggressive cancer,” he stated.

Conversely, he noted that “the chemotherapy has successfully eliminated some of the cancerous growth.”

He confirmed that he would continue with chemotherapy, but emphasized that physicians have dismissed the possibility of further surgery.

Earlier this week, Hinch indicated his readiness to face jail time again should he lose his High Court appeal.

Labeled the Human Headline, he noted that a prison sentence “wouldn’t be ideal, even if I were in good health.”

Still, he expressed his determination to challenge the courts’ authority to censor the identities of rapists and paedophiles.

Hinch is currently facing five charges for violating suppression orders by naming the two sex offenders outside State Parliament, who had been released from prison under extended supervision orders with their identities kept confidential.

Newsletter

Join our mailing list to receive the latest news directly in your email inbox.