Risebridge says it provided the unhoused in Nanaimo with water and treatment for sunburns and sunstroke amid the heat wave.
Michael Norbury is among those currently unhoused in Nanaimo whose been looking out for friends lying in the sun. He says many living on the street have sunburns.
They also handed out water and electrolytes to hundreds during the past five days. Still, their outreach services are at risk of running out of funding in two weeks, and they say nobody has answers about what heat relief will be available for the unhoused in the coming months. “With the weather as we’ve had over the past weekend, certainly those in under-housed situations would’ve been far more exposed and far more likely to experience some of the impacts such as dizziness, sometimes loss of appetite, extreme thirst,” said Dr. Shannon Waters.
Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“There are many things happening with our changing climate where being in outdoors or under-housed environment is going to expose you to far more risk, and I think taking that into consideration at a community level and a health system level is really important.”
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