Interior Health has issued a followup release to an overdose alert that was issued on Friday, Jan. 26th:
We would like to advise of a further update from the BC Coroners Service this morning(Mon 29) confirming an additional two deaths in IH region that are also suspected drug overdoses. This increases the total number of suspected drug overdoses to nine over a five-day period (Tuesday, Jan. 23 to Saturday, Jan. 27)"
Interior Health (IH) is urging residents using or considering using drugs to reconsider or take steps to prevent overdose in the wake of a recent increase in suspected drug overdose deaths in the IH region.
For more resources and links related to overdose and substance use, visit: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/AboutUs/Leadership/MHO/Pages/PHEmergency.aspx