Saskatoon paramedics with Medavie Health Services West (MHS West) are sounding the alarm over nine overdoses in three days. Troy Davies, director of public affairs for Medavie, said he was alerted by paramedics on Monday that they’re seeing a lot of critical overdose calls. “It’s alarming.
Those numbers are extremely high for us in the short period of time.” Davies said they won’t know exactly what these patients have taken until a full tox screen is done. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “All we can report on is, basically, the severity and that Narcan is working on these patients because they were a true narcotic overdose,” he said.