Dr. Jess Wilder, a co-founder of Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, has resigned from her positions with Island Health following her placement on administrative leave. Wilder claims the leave was a punishment for her public advocacy work, which included setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites has resigned from her positions with Island Health , claiming she was placed on leave as punishment for her public advocacy work.
Wilder says she was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 22 from her physician lead positions in harm reduction and education, and addiction medicine at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
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