Health Sciences North will host a grand opening ceremony for their Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic on Pine Street on Friday, April 27.
Members from the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and HSN staff will be on hand for the grand opening that gets underway at 10 a.m.
The North East LHIN's base funding has been increased by $1.6 million to implement an opioid strategy. Much of the new funding will go to expand the number of RAAM clinics in the north east region.
The clinics provide an addictions pathway between the clinic and different places where the client is likely to seek care. That includes emergency departments, primary care providers, mental health and addictions agencies and withdrawal management programs.
There will be similar clinics in the North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie and Cochrane, as well as James Bay and Hudson Bay coastal communities (exactly where has yet to be determined). Each of these RAAM clinics will serve people in their region through the use of the Ontario Telemedicine Network.
