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The number of Ontarians taken to hospitals with opioid overdoses surged over the summer, which has pushed Health Minister Eric Hoskins to declare the situation a public-health emergency.
That will let the provincial government approve temporary supervised drug-injection sites without waiting for the federal government to sign off, he said in a Toronto announcement Thursday. The province is also distributing anti-overdose kits to every fire department in the province, since firefighters are often the first to arrive at emergency calls, he said.
According to preliminary stats, the rate of opioid-related visits to hospital emergency rooms was 5.6 per 100,000 people in July and 6.7 in August. It dipped to 4.9 in September, but that’s still higher than the pre-summer record of 4.8 set in June.
“Every life lost to this opioid crisis is an avoidable tragedy. Our government is committed to using every tool available to save lives and help communities grappling with this crisis,” Hoskins said in a written statement.
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That will let the provincial government approve temporary supervised drug-injection sites without waiting for the federal government to sign off, he said in a Toronto announcement Thursday. The province is also distributing anti-overdose kits to every fire department in the province, since firefighters are often the first to arrive at emergency calls, he said.
According to preliminary stats, the rate of opioid-related visits to hospital emergency rooms was 5.6 per 100,000 people in July and 6.7 in August. It dipped to 4.9 in September, but that’s still higher than the pre-summer record of 4.8 set in June.
“Every life lost to this opioid crisis is an avoidable tragedy. Our government is committed to using every tool available to save lives and help communities grappling with this crisis,” Hoskins said in a written statement.
More to come.
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