Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Darryl Greer
Publication Date: February 6, 2025 - 16:32
B.C. addictions doctor resigns, placed on leave over unsanctioned overdose sites
February 6, 2025
A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites has resigned from her positions with Island Health, claiming she was placed on leave as punishment for her public advocacy work.Dr. Jess Wilder, a co-founder of the group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, says in a resignation letter dated Feb. 5 that she’s leaving her positions with Island Health “immediately."Wilder says she was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 22 from her physician lead positions in harm reduction and education, and addiction medicine at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
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