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Pop-Up Overdose Sites Open Amid Rising Deaths in BC

9/29/2025

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy opened pop-up overdose sites outside Royal Jubilee Hospital and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in British Columbia to provide monitoring and treatment access.
Dr. Jess Wilder urges government renewal of hospital-based overdose prevention plans, citing over 2,300 deaths in 2024.
Island Health aims to enhance care and reduce stigma but has no new funding for expansion.

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy opened pop-up overdose sites outside Royal Jubilee Hospital and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in British Columbia to provide monitoring and treatment access.
Dr. Jess Wilder urges government renewal of hospital-based overdose prevention plans, citing over 2,300 deaths in 2024.
Island Health aims to enhance care and reduce stigma but has no new funding for expansion.