North Richmond Safe Injecting Room Opening

Reason party mlc fiona patten the politician who helped pave the way for the richmond safe injecting room believes the numbers are evidence the centre is working saving lives and getting people into much needed treatment and recovery.

North richmond safe injecting room opening. The victorian government is trialling a medically supervised injecting room at the north richmond community health site in north richmond melbourne. Cohealth was already working closely with staff from the north richmond centre to learn from its trial of a safe injecting room. Medically supervised injecting room now open at north richmond community health. The department of health and human services is coordinating a trial of a medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health.

With the high numbers of victorians losing their lives to drug related overdoses the medically supervised injecting room msir is a safety first medical approach focused on harm reduction. Last week north richmond community health opened its medically supervised injecting room. But the solution has caused division among locals. The victorian government moves to address concerns from residents in north richmond about the unintended consequences of the success of the state s first medically supervised safe injecting room.

Dr nico clark medical director of north richmond s safe injecting room takes newsgp through the facility as it approaches its sixth month of operation. The controversial safe injecting room in north richmond will extend its operating hours into the night to accommodate growing demand for the medically supervised service despite opposition from. For the past forty years we have spent every day working to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. Posted 5 jun june 2020 fri friday 5 jun june 2020 at 2 53am.

North richmond community health where the facility is housed sits within the so called rectangle of death where as many as 20 of all victorian heroin overdose deaths occur. The service was established for an initial two year trial period which will be extended for a further three years based on the evidence gathered in the initial period. Jul 9 2018 latest news. The supervised injecting room in north richmond remains open until 9pm on weekdays meaning drug users can flock there beyond the city s nightly 8pm curfew.