Pilot program at St Paul’s gives a supply of Suboxone to overdose patients upon discharge
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The Emergency Department at St Paul's hospital is providing opioid overdose patients with take away treatments upon discharge. The treatment package is three days worth of a drug called "Suboxone", which St Pauls has been administering in its Emergency Department for a few years.
Guest: Dr Keith Ahamad
Addictions physician at St Paul’s Hospital, and co-lead on the pilot project
The Emergency Department at St Paul's hospital is providing opioid overdose patients with take away treatments upon discharge. The treatment package is three days worth of a drug called "Suboxone", which St Pauls has been administering in its Emergency Department for a few years.
Guest: Dr Keith Ahamad
Addictions physician at St Paul’s Hospital, and co-lead on the pilot project