Kanada. Dr. Bonnie Henry has a bold prescription for B.C.’s other public health crisis
Kanada. Dr. Bonnie Henry has a bold prescription for B.C.’s other public health crisis
British Columbia has wrestled down the coronavirus pandemic better than most places, and much of the credit has rightly gone to Bonnie Henry, the province’s Provincial Health Officer.
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But as B.C. succeeds against one public health threat, the province continues its long struggle against another. Thousands of British Columbians have died, and are still dying, of drug overdoses.
It’s been four years since a provincial health emergency was declared. Last year, the situation appeared to be improving, but this spring saw a brutal reversal. In March, illicit drug toxicity killed 112 people. In April, 117 died. That death toll exceeds the 165 people in B.C. who have died of COVID-19. (Globe and Mail, Kanada, 03.06.2020)
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