Two men who were hospitalized following a wave of overdoses in downtown Montreal Sunday say they believe they inhaled a drug from a poisoned supply, and that they feel lucky to be alive.
The housing manager of Project Autochtone du Québec, Matthew Biddle, holds a Naloxone kit Monday, after six people are believed to have overdosed near the shelter in downtown Montreal.
Four people, including Wabanonik-Conrad and Poucachiche, were taken to hospital by paramedics. The two men originally from tLac-Simon, an Algonquin community northwest of Montreal, say they were discharged Monday morning. David Wabanonik-Conrad said he felt awful after taking a puff of a drug, believed to have been poisoned with fentanyl, that landed him and three other people in hospital Sunday afternoon."I just remember falling down slowly and when I closed my eyes, I don't remember after that," he said, adding he, too, does not typically inhale hard drugs.
Montreal public health said it is now conducting its own investigation into the overdoses. Montreal police have said they are investigating as well.Matthew Biddle, the housing manager of Project Autochtone du Québec , a nearby organization for Indigenous people in situations of homelessness, said his group's intervention team responded almost immediately Sunday.
Health officials also say more people appear to be stepping up to be ready to assist by equipping themselves with naloxone kits. According to Urgences-santé spokesperson Julie Gaudin, responding to this many overdoses at the same location is "something we rarely see."
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