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Doctors Open Two Pop-up Overdose Prevention Sites at Island Hospitals

"The solution to patients using illicit drugs in unsafe ways is to offer safer alternatives, advocates say.
Two temporary overdose prevention sites run by independent doctors and supported by harm reduction organizations have opened this week just outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
The sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Nov. 18 to Nov. 22 and will be staffed with physicians and volunteers trained in overdose prevention. The sites will provide harm reduction supplies, such as sterile needles and alcohol swabs, connect patients with referrals to treatment and detox, and allow people to consume drugs while supervised by someone who can intervene if a person overdoses."
"The sites will not provide illicit drugs. "

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