Paramedics in B.C. recently equalled a record for suspected overdose calls in one day, despite a slight drop in overdose deaths so far in 2018 compared to 2017.
B.C. Emergency Health Services said there were 130 calls for suspected overdoses on July 27, which matches a record set in April 2017. There were no fatalities among those calls.
Overdose deaths still a 'chronic issue' despite report showing dip in numbers
Linda Lupini, an executive vice-president for the service, says the load is a strain for paramedics, who were on the front lines of the opioid epidemic long before a state of emergency was declared April 14, 2016
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