New safe withdrawal management site opening on Blood Tribe
BLOOD RESERVE – Blood Tribe paramedics will now be able to give patients who have overdosed the option of going to the new safe withdrawal management site to receive a health assessment, interventions, and access to local resources and programs.
Patients will then have the option of attending the Kainai Transition Society to support recovery and transition back into the community.
The provincial government is providing $2.2 million over two years for start-up and operational costs for the new program.
Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the Blood Tribe has developed a community-based solution to help ease the current overdose crisis.