Nunavut prepares to hand out naloxone kits to combat fentanyl overdoses – CBC

100 kits will be distributed to all the health centres in the territory

Jan 18, 2017

The Government of Nunavut’s health department is getting prepared for possible fentanyl overdoses in the territory.

“As we can see in other provinces and territories in Canada there is a crisis going on, so we cannot be naive about that, we have to assume at some point to some degree it will come in,” said Donna Mulvey, the territorial director of pharmacy.

100 naloxone kits will be delivered to all the health centres in Nunavut by the middle of February.

The kits can be accessed without a prescription by anyone who is worried about an overdose. They come with a brief training session on how to draw up and inject the medication.

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-naloxone-overdose-1.3940177