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Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says he was hoping for more “strategic investments” to prevent overdose deaths in this week’s provincial budget, including funding for Prairie Harm Reduction’s safe consumption site.
While he praised the government’s spending on expanded mental health and addictions services, he said supervised drug consumption sites not only save lives, but also make neighbourhoods safer.
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“We are facing a crisis in our community when it comes to overdose deaths, and it’s affecting many families and many people,” Clark told reporters during a virtual news conference on Wednesday.
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Saskatchewan’s government reported 146 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths on Friday as the province moves to get a fresh delivery of vaccine into people’s arms.
A total of 365 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died since March 2020.
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The province initially reported 227 recoveries, but later issued a correction, saying only 77 were recorded. That reverses a recent trend of recoveries outpacing new infections and and brings the total known number of active cases up to 1,582.
A new short-stay mental health unit is now open in Saskatoon.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced the opening of the new seven-bed unit at Royal University Hospital earlier this week.
The new beds meant for adult patients requiring a stay in hospital of seven days or less will serve as another option to the longer-term mental health care facility at the Leslie and Irene Dubé Centre for Mental Health.
“Now that it’s here, we’re so excited that our patients are being cared for in a space that’s therapeutic and conducive to recovery and healing,” said Karyn Kawula, Director of Inpatient, Mental Health, Addiction Services at the SHA in Saskatoon.