There has been a 48% increase in overdoses in the US since last year, thought to be triggered by the pandemic.
At St Vincent's Hospital in Westchester, New York, a division of St Joseph's Medical Centre, I saw the cruel reality of that first hand.Eric's mother blames his death on the pandemic. Pic: Jenny Stasikewich
"He had his birthday on 9 April and on 5 May he passed away from a drug overdose," his mother told me with devastating starkness. He is, she says,"collateral damage" and she wants him to be counted as part of the official death toll of COVID-19.Dr Christopher Aloezos, medical director at St Vincent's Outpatient Addiction Programme, said:"Lots of our patients are experiencing grief and loss unexpectedly - loss of a job, family member and purpose and identity.Despite the difficulties posed by COVID-19, St Vincent's was able to keep admitting in-patients and out-patients at the height of the pandemic.
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