Drug overdose ambulance calls soar in TerraceBC
Drug overdose and poisoning ambulance calls in Terrace and area have exploded since the provincial government declared a toxic drug state of emergency in 2016, reported the B.C. Emergency Health Services agency.
As a percentage, 11.7 per cent of all the Terrace and area ambulance calls were for overdoses and poisonings, nearly twice the average for all of B.C. The health ministry added paramedic positions in Terrace and area and around the province beginning in 2020 to prepare for increased demand relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those positions were at first regarded as temporary but now have been converted into permanent full time jobs.
Meanwhile, all four of the paramedic positions, including a job as a community paramedic, in Kitwanga remain vacant and have been for more than a year.
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