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Detox beds in B.C. routinely sit empty because of staff shortages

In the Vancouver region, up to half of the spaces at 24- and 18-bed withdrawal-management facilities remain unoccupied at times despite long lists of people waiting, data shows. ....

Canada , Prince-george , British-columbia , Vancouver , United-kingdom , United-states , Mount-pleasant , New-brunswick , British , America , Scotty-archondous , Paxton-bach

Detox beds in B.C. routinely sit empty because of staff shortages

In the Vancouver region, up to half of the spaces at 24- and 18-bed withdrawal-management facilities remain unoccupied at times despite long lists of people waiting, data shows. ....

Canada , United-states , United-kingdom , Mount-pleasant , New-brunswick , Prince-george , British-columbia , Vancouver , America , British , Scotty-archondous , Paxton-bach

Detox beds in B.C. routinely sit empty because of staff shortages - BC News

Dozens of detox beds in British Columbia sit empty because of a shortage of addictions physicians and nurses needed to staff them, according to internal health authority data obtained by The Globe and Mail. ....

Canada , Vancouver , British-columbia , United-states , United-kingdom , Prince-george , Mount-pleasant , New-brunswick , British , America , Scotty-archondous , Paxton-bach