Over 6,000 drug overdoses counted in Vancouver so far this year – Global News
December 7, 2016
The number of overdoses on city streets reached new records in November.
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services say they were called to 735 overdose calls in November, the highest monthly number this year and up from 510 in October.
Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 26, there were 6,016 illicit or unknown drug overdoses recorded at Vancouver Coastal Health emergency departments.
Over one quarter, 1,679, were opioid overdoses.
The City of Vancouver says most overdoses came from the city centre or Downtown Eastside. Seventy-two per cent of patients were treated at St. Paul’s Hospital.
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