{"id":593135,"date":"2026-08-14T15:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593135\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:12:09","slug":"urgences-sante-announces-naloxone-kits-initiative-to-decrease-opioid-overdoses-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593135\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgences-sant\u00e9 announces naloxone kits initiative to decrease opioid overdoses in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new project has been launched by Urgences-sant\u00e9 to increase the distribution of naloxone kits by paramedics and help reduce opioid overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the project is to allow Urgences-sant\u00e9 paramedics, who cover the territories of Montreal and Laval, to provide naloxone kits to people suspected of experiencing an opioid overdose outside of hospital settings.<\/p>\n<p>Urgences-sant\u00e9 says each kit contains two doses of intranasal naloxone, an instruction sheet and information on overdose prevention.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 kits have been distributed so far.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal public health officials raised the alarm in July about fatal overdoses as the number of deaths has skyrocketed in Quebec in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the project is expected to last until February 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The project is a collaboration between Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec, Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur-de-Montr\u00e9al Hospital and Montreal Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783566010_259_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new project has been launched by Urgences-sant\u00e9 to increase the distribution of naloxone kits by paramedics and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371],"class_list":["post-593135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}