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Posts tagged Overdose prevention site

Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site served Comox Valley hospital inpatients for five days

On Monday, January 23rd a group of addictions medicine physicians set up an unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site at North Island Hospital Comox Valley.

Heather WatsonJanuary 27, 2025Comox Valley, North Island Hospital Comox Valley, drug policy, drug crisis, overdose crisis, Overdose prevention site, OPS, drug addiction, Mental health and addication, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Island Health, Dr. Eva Hemmerich

Pop-up overdose prevention site opens across the street from NRGH

A group of healthcare workers and advocates attempting to set up an unsanctioned overdose prevention site at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital were forced to relocate across the street.