With the opioid epidemic striking hardest at mid-sized Ontario cities, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario applauds federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor for seeking ways to help any community that needs supervised injection services (SIS).
Her support is timely: Of six cities in Canada where those who use opioids are hospitalized most, four are in Ontario, according to a report released this week by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. They are Brantford, Thunder Bay, London and St. Catharines-Niagara.
