A clinic at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver provides quick access to addiction treatment for individuals seeking help. The clinic aims to stabilize patients before connecting them to a family doctor for follow-up treatment and rehabilitation.
A narrow, winding corridor at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver leads to a clinic offering quick access to addiction treatment for people seeking help on their own or after a referral from an emergency room, a family doctor or a social worker. Nurses and physicians at the Rapid Access Addiction Clinic see people with severe dependence on alcohol or drugs, with the vast majority of the 20 to 30 daily patients needing support to quit using illegal opioids.
They are typically prescribed methadone or Suboxone, medications that ease the pain of withdrawal and cravings for potentially deadly drugs as part of a brief intervention. The goal is to stabilize patients before connecting them to a family doctor for follow-up treatment and rehabilitation. But there is no clear path to continuing care for many of the patients without a family doctor, said nurse lead Victoria Ramos
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