The local health unit says two patients have been revived at London's new temporary overdose prevention site.
The Middlesex-London Health Unit says that two people were resuscitated at the site on King St., which is the first of its kind in Ontario.
This was confirmed in a tweet Saturday from Dr. Chris Mackie, Medical Officer of Health and CEO of the health unit.
Mackie says oxygen was used to revive the patients, but naloxone was not required.
Over 300 patients have made use of the site since it opened almost three weeks ago, and Mackie says the fact that no patients needed to be revived before Saturday proves that the facility does not promote drug use.
"The fact that we saw over 300 visits before even a single overdose goes to disprove the often-stated concern that this sort of site leads people to take greater risks," says Mackie via Twitter. "Research evidence, reaffirmed here, proves that this doesn't happen."
The temporary site, on King St, opened thanks to over $130,000 in funding from the province and shares a space with the Regional HIV/AIDS Connection, which already houses a needle exchange program.
---with files from Miranda Chant---
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