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Paralympic medalists inspire people with newly acquired disabilities to “Have a Go” at wheelchair sports

Vancouver, BC – When Trevor Hirschfield was 16 years old he never imagined himself a Paralympian. His road to Rio started on a logging road on Vancouver Island, when his van slid down an embankment into a tree.

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Insite expands hours in response to overdose crisis

Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is launching a pilot project that will see Insite, North America’s first sanctioned supervised injection site, open 24 hours a day on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on the weeks that social assistance cheques are distributed.

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New at-home detox for substance use clients in Vancouver

Vancouver, BC – People at high risk of overdose are dying in their own homes, but a new program aims to prevent that. Vancouver Coastal Health’s Substance use Treatment and Response Team or START provides rapid access to at-home detox for those who need help stopping or stabilizing their substance use. The goal of the START program is to provide the right services, at the right time, in the right place.

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Hey moms: got milk?

Vancouver, BC – With locations now across Richmond, Vancouver, Squamish and West Vancouver, Public Health nurses are hoping more mothers will donate their extra breast milk for premature and sick babies via the BC Women’s Provincial Milk Bank.

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Naloxone kits now available in emergency departments to help address overdose crisis

Vancouver, BC – Take-home naloxone kits have been given to 42 overdose patients in emergency departments in the past month, suggesting ramped up efforts to get the life-saving antidote into the hands of people who need it are working.

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Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood to gain up to 74 residential care beds in new and expanded facility

Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has signed an agreement with Villa Cathay Care Home Society to rebuild and expand its residential care home in Vancouver. The contract will see VCH increase the number of beds purchased from Villa Cathay by 42  for a total of 192 publicly funded beds.

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