Somerset West Community Health Centre says it is opening this outdoor supervised consumption site. It's indoor facilty remains closed pending a provincial investigation into reports of staff feeling unwell.
Somerset West Community Health Centre says it's opening a temporary outdoor supervised injection site to compensate for the ongoing closure of its indoor facility.Somerset West Community Health Centre is temporarily moving its supervised consumption site outdoors. Its indoor facility remains closed pending a provincial investigation into reports of staff feeling unwell.
On Friday, Obiorah said Health Canada granted Somerset West an emergency exemption to open a temporary outdoor supervised consumption site in an enclosed courtyard at the health centre. The Somerset West Community Health Centre has never before had staff report feeling sick while working in the safe consumption and treatment service, Obiorah said. When asked by reporters whether Somerset West has seen an increase in overdoses during the closure of the indoor site, Obiorah said the health centre has not seen "dramatic" changes or increases.
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