Dr. Daniel Vigo is B.C.'s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, toxic drugs and concurrent disorders, and has a goal to improve care for people with complex mental-health and addiction challenges.
VANCOUVER — In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one person made 180 hospital visits last year, according to Premier David Eby, who said the patient was part of a crisis of repeated emergencies among people with overlapping health and addiction problems.
"As the toxic-drug crisis changes, we're facing new challenges and grappling with a growing group of people who are very sick and struggling in our streets and emergency rooms," he said in a news release on Wednesday.Eby said about 15,000 people in B.C. have died from toxic drugs since a public health emergency was declared in 2016. Many more survived an overdose, but Eby said some were left with life-altering brain injuries that affect their ability to function.
"The current situation is clearly not working for these individuals and it is having a very serious impact on our health care system, which is not addressing their needs," he told a news conference. "One of the biggest challenges we face is that the particular needs of this growing group of people is not understood as well as it should be."Dr. Daniel Vigo becomes B.C.
"Overdose produces brain injury, and when that injury is severe enough to be diagnosed, preliminary evidence indicates that person has a 50 per cent chance of dying in the immediate future, and the survivors an additional 30 per cent chance of dying in the near future."
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