High Number Of Opioid Overdoses Reported
Wednesday April 14th, 2021, 7:09pm
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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s surveillance and monitoring system has identified an increase in drug-related overdoses between April 5th through April 11th, 2021.
They report that there were 10 opioid-related emergency department visits during this time, including six overdoses.
Five of the six overdoses involved fentanyl, while all of the non-overdoses involved fentanyl.
Additionally, they report they received five EMS notifications Tuesday.
“Based on our comparisons to previous years for this week, these numbers are extremely high and warrant a community alert,” read a news release.
Partners involved in the WECOSS including WECHU, Windsor Regional Hospital, Essex Windsor-EMS, Erie Shores Healthcare, and Police Services continue to monitor this increase and are working to understand more about these reported cases.
