Op/Ed: Acknowledging the empty seat: Five years into overdose public health emergency
by Susan Brown on Wednesday April 14 2021 President and CEO of the Interior Health Susan Brown invites the public to take a moment to remember those who have struggled with or lost their life to overdose, by sharing a photo and a message on Interior Health Virtual Memory Wall. It has been five years since the Provincial Health Officer declared a public health emergency in response to the significant rise in opioid-related overdose deaths reported in B.C. Since then, more than 6,000 family members, friends, coworkers, teammates, neighbours and friends have been lost...