Photos: How this white van delivers health care to homeless populations in the Tri-Cities, Burnaby and New West

A nondescript white panel van is delivering relief to homeless populations in the Tri-Cities, Burnaby, New Westminster and Maple Ridge.During a visit to the 3030 Gordon shelter in Coquitlam on Thursday, March 14, medical professionals from the Fraser Health Integrated Homelessness Action Response Team mobilized when a man overdosed on the sidewalk.

While the IHART program has been operating since 2022, it’s been bringing its suite of health care, mental health and outreach services to the streets in a van since January. The mobile team that functions five days a week is comprised of nurses, clinicians, as well as peer support, outreach and social workers.Sometimes that means distributing requisitions for blood work. Sometimes it requires cleaning and dressing infections or providing counselling. Sometimes it’s just handing out a cup of warm coffee.

The frontline care can help alleviate the chronic nature of health disparities the homeless population experience, said Fraser Health clinical operations director Sherif Amara.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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