Doctors in Canada set up unauthorized overdose prevention sites, citing government inaction.

Doctors on Vancouver Island have set up unauthorized overdose prevention sites at Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals, citing the B.C. government's failure to fulfill its promise to allocate space for such sites. Dr. Jess Wilder and other healthcare professionals, frustrated with politicization and lack of government action, are funding and operating these "pop-up" sites themselves to address the ongoing public health crisis.

November 18, 2024
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