Timmins hospital working to test and treat hepatitis C cases – CBC

Goal is to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030

Feb 17, 2025

A team at the Timmins and District Hospital is working to eliminate hepatitis C by 2023 through testing, treating and potentially saving lives.

The Liver Health Team is working to treat people who have the virus and may not know it.

“We don’t want anyone to suffer needlessly,” Patrick Nowak, said program manager of outpatient mental health and addiction services at the hospital.

“Hepatitis C is now very treatable. We want to get that treatment to everyone who needs it and to stop the spread.”