#BritishColumbia #HealthAuthority on #VancouverIsland is #testing new #technology inside #washrooms to help #SaveLives of people using #IllicitDrugs .
#IslandHealth has installed #MotionDetecting #sensors that track how long a person has occupied the bathroom & whether they are moving at six locations which have been identified as #GighRisk spaces for #DrugPoisoning .
https://globalnews.ca/news/9561362/island-health-overdose-detector-trial/amp/
#VIHA #OpiodCrisis #StopTheStigma #HelpDontJudge #overdoses #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland
#britishcolumbia #healthauthority #vancouverisland #testing #technology #washrooms #savelives #illicitdrugs #islandhealth #motiondetecting #sensors #gighrisk #drugpoisoning #viha #opiodcrisis #stopthestigma #helpdontjudge #overdoses #victoriabc #yyj #vanisle
7 months after the head of northern #Manitoba 's #healthcare system #apologized for #historic & continuing #racism against #Indigenous people seeking #medical care & #promised #change , #FirstNations #leaders say they're #concerned by the #LackOfProgress .
The #HealthAuthority vowed to eradicate all forms of racism toward #IndigenousPeople within northern Manitoba's health-care system.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6780812
#KeewatinowiOkimakanak #KeewatinohkInniniwMinoayawin #MBpoli #Canada #HumanRights
#manitoba #healthcare #apologized #historic #racism #indigenous #medical #promised #change #firstnations #leaders #concerned #lackofprogress #healthauthority #indigenouspeople #keewatinowiokimakanak #keewatinohkinniniwminoayawin #mbpoli #canada #humanrights
“My own experience for the past two weeks is continued harassment by the #healthauthority leadership," Nataros told Victoria's CFAX 1070 on Friday.
"That is leading to us hemorrhaging doctors from the North Island and leading to the crisis that we're facing now and into the future," #ruralhealth