It’s a weekday morning and Dr. Louisa Marion-Bellemare, 44, drives her minivan through the snowy streets of Timmins, Ont., to pick-up one of her patients.
With an opiate-overdose crisis gripping her hometown, this is the sort of thing she says you have to do.
“We’ll do home visits and see patients and treat them for their substance-use disorder. It’s not uncommon for us to do that. We meet patients where they’re at.”
Marion-Bellemare is in the fight of her life, and along with another doctor, has launched a unique program to address the tragic effects of opioids in Timmins.
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