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Nurses warn the Ontario government will bear responsibility for preventable deaths that will ensue from withdrawing essential life-saving health services

Newswire.ca - Mon Nov 18, 9:45PM CST

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2024 /CNW/ - Legislation introduced by Premier Doug Ford's government is a sweeping attack on harm reduction and supervised consumption services (SCS) across Ontario, effectively blocking municipalities from addressing the toxic drug crisis, warns the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO). The move will lead to unsafe communities, increased deaths, overwhelmed emergency services, and escalating health-care costs. Nurses say the Ontario government will bear responsibility for the avoidable loss of life.

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