Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson (Image Credit: Flickr / Government of BC)
ADDICTION TREATMENT

Outpatient addiction treatment coming to Kamloops

Apr 12, 2022 | 9:35 AM

KAMLOOPS — A new outpatient addiction treatment service will run seven days a week in Kamloops, according to a press release issued Tuesday (April 12) by Interior Health (IH).

People with substance use challenges will be able to use outpatient withdrawal management services. IH is also introducing a new virtual addiction medicine clinic.

IH said that the outpatient model means a person doesn’t need to be admitted to a facility to receive withdrawal support and patients can receive care, including prescriptions, in their own home.

The new services are anticipated to start by summer 2022.