Ahmed Bayoumi
@AMBayoumi
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General internist, clinical epidemiologist, health services researcher, prof. Interested in social justice & health, harm reduction, HIV, poverty, policy & more
Toronto, ON
Joined April 2011
RT @DianaToubassi: This is a clarifying moment. Under any other circumstance, this would be globally denounced as an atrocity of the highes….
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RT @tngcommunityTO: We did it! Supervised Consumption Sites have been granted an injunction, allowing us to stay open until the court makes….
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RT @globeandmail: Alberta man sues province over closing of only supervised consumption site in Red Deer
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RT @drugpolicyctr: New Report Alert! Our Centre prepared a report which displays the public health and safety impacts of supervised consump….
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“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” @seyeabimbola on James Baldwin and his continuing relevance for health equity.
To mark the centenary of James Baldwin, I wrote a short essay for @TheLancet. On what he's taught me RE responding to pushbacks. To beware of "strategic ignorance" and "the imaginary line of selective judgement". James Baldwin: ignorance, power, justice
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New study suggests possible increase in overdoses after some Toronto safe consumption sites close
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RT @kkirkup: “Because it is likely that many people will not travel far distances, we project that a large proportion of people – almost 50….
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RT @TheAgenda: "It's a reasonable extrapolation to say that if we had more sites throughout the city, and, particularly, close to where peo….
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RT @TheAgenda: ‘There already aren’t enough’: @ambayoumi (@odprn_research @MAP_Health) on the impact of closing Toronto’s safe-consumption….
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RT @ODPRN_Research: New report with @MAP_Health led by @AMBayoumi investigates the impact of Supervised consumption site (SCS) closures in….
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RT @UnityHealthTO: A new study from St. Michael’s Hospital found hundreds of people will lose access to supervised consumption sites in Tor….
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RT @CityNewsTO: #LATEST: The Ontario government announced in August that it would close 10 supervised consumption sites next spring because….
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Great to work with @Tara_Gomes and others not on this platform on this report. Thanks to @MAP_Health, @UnityHealthTO and @ICESOntario for support.
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We tested many different scenarios in our report, including service radius of sites, number of sites that remain open, and capacity of sites.
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Our results underscore the need for expanded services in sites that remain open if other sites close. This might mean more booths, longer hours, and more staff. This has not been part of the policy discussion yet.
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The estimates above assume that sites that remain open can accommodate the increased client volume from sites that close. We estimated that overall capacity at sites that remain open will need to increase by >50% to maintain service for most clients.
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Also reasonable to assume that people will move from using in sites to using in public after they lose access to sites. Remember that the government's alternative doesn't allow supervised consumption. Hard to see how people concerned about public drug use are supporting closure.
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If 6 sites close and the service radius of sites that remain open is 500m, 47% of current clients (636 people) will lose access each month. What will happen to them? If they use drugs alone or unsupervised, they are at high risk of overdose and death.
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