Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Andrea Woo
Publication Date: February 6, 2025 - 22:15
Doctors involved in unsanctioned overdose prevention sites resign in protest
February 6, 2025
Two addiction medicine doctors involved in setting up temporary unsanctioned supervised drug use sites outside of Vancouver Island hospitals have resigned from leadership roles with Island Health, with one saying she was placed on leave as punishment for her public advocacy work.The two doctors were part of a group that established the unsanctioned sites outside of hospitals in Victoria, Nanaimo and Courtenay for several days at a time since mid-November in protest of Island Health apparently backing away from plans to offer the service.
Unpublished Newswire
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