Carmen Groleau – CBC News – Local Ontario Health Team workers want to divert mental health and addiction crisis calls away from hospital emergency departments and treat people at clinics instead.
The Cambridge-North Dumfries Ontario Health Team (CND OHT) and the Kitchener-Waterloo-Wilmot-Wellesley-Woolwich Ontario Health Team (KW4 OHT) are working together to open two alternative destination clinics.
The clinics will provide access to crisis mental health and addiction supports and services for the community, including those experiencing homelessness, at an alternate destination outside of the emergency department.