Data suggests 22 people died from overdoses in Toronto last month as rally over provincial cuts is planned
New data provided by the city suggests that Toronto Paramedic Services responded to 474 calls for overdoses in March, 22 of which were fatal.
The alarming numbers come one week after the provincial government announced that it would only fund six of the nine overdose prevention sites operating in Toronto. “Healthcare providers will not simply stand aside and watch as NIMBISM and discrimination lead to the closure of lifesaving services,” Jess Hales, a nurse practitioner in Toronto’s downtown core, said in a press release. “These cuts are a form of social murder.”
Earlier this week, he told one reporter at a news conference that “It’s alright for people to say, ‘Yes. Help ‘em, help ‘em, help ‘em.” but “if I put one beside your house, you’d be going ballistic.”
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