'Saving lives is not controversial': B.C. doctors set up 'unsanctioned' overdose prevention sites at hospitals
A group of physicians are setting up unofficial overdose prevention sites outside two Vancouver Island hospitals Monday, aiming to help people struggling with addiction – while also sending a message to the government.
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites — without government blessing
An attempt by doctors to set up overdose prevention sites on hospital property in Nanaimo and Victoria were shutdown Monday by the Vancouver Island Health authority, forcing the volunteers to move their operations across the street.
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While doctors were kicked off hospital grounds, they were not deterred, opening a pop-up overdose prevention site across the street ...
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