A group of doctors advocating for overdose-prevention sites for hospital patients is setting up a pop-up site outside Comox Valley Hospital on Monday. This follows the establishment of similar sites outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital since November. The goal is to provide a supervised drug-use space for patients who might otherwise use illicit drugs in hospital areas or off hospital grounds.
A group of doctors advocating for overdose-prevention sites for hospital patients is setting up a pop-up site outside Comox Valley Hospital on Monday.
The goal is to provide a drug-use space for hospital patients who might otherwise use illicit drugs in stairwells, bathrooms or off hospital grounds. Nurses had complained that patients with addictions were smoking and injecting street drugs in hospital rooms and hallways, potentially putting staff and others at risk.
It also said it was conducting a review to establish minimum service standards for overdose-prevention sites across the province, both in hospitals and in the community, saying that once the review is completed, sites could be considered where appropriate, including in hospitals.
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