ParksvilleB次元官网网址檚 mayor is upset with the lack of support received from Island Health and the Ministry of Health regarding a problem with needles in the city.
Ed Mayne used a Monday Island Health delegation to council B次元官网网址� scheduled to discuss post-pandemic considerations B次元官网网址� to express his disappointment over the lack of action by higher government on needles.
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James Hanson, Island Health vice-president, clinical operations for central/north Vancouver Island, said while they had not intended to speak on the needle situation in Parksville, there were three direct actions around harm reduction.
B次元官网网址淥ne of which was to work with our providers and those in the space to reduce the volume, and discourage the waste of needles in the community. That has occured,B次元官网网址� said Hanson. B次元官网网址淥ne of the other actions that we took was working with city staff around collection sites. So weB次元官网网址檝e taken that action. And the third action, of course, was to have Dr. Allison present from a public health perspective on what were considering endemic activities as a system.B次元官网网址�
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Mayne advised he was speaking on his own behalf, and not on the behalf of council.
He mentioned that a previous meeting scheduled in May had been delayed until the current meeting so that both parties could meet in-person, B次元官网网址榖ut still ended up with a virtual situation.B次元官网网址�
No further comments were made by Hanson during the meeting to address concerns about the needle situation.
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