Sheppard Pratt Opens New Opioid Clinic To Serve Baltimore County Residents

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Sheppard Pratt opened its caller Opioid Treatment Clinic to assistance attraction for those suffering from opioid addiction and to supply intelligence wellness attraction for Baltimore County residents.

“Headquartered successful the bosom of Baltimore County, this caller opioid attraction session volition importantly grow entree to the lifesaving attraction our family, friends, and neighbors struggling with the illness of addiction need,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said. “Every opioid overdose decease is the tragic nonaccomplishment of a loved one, which is wherefore our medication is arrogant to spouse with Shepard Pratt successful doing each we tin to combat this epidemic by offering prime attraction to heal our communities and prevention lives.”

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The session is portion of its Partners successful Recovery Program to assistance summation treatment. The programme is located astatine Sheppard Pratt’s infirmary campus.

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“Due to a persistent shortage of integrated behavioral wellness attraction that incorporates medication-assisted attraction for radical who person some substance usage and intelligence wellness conditions, galore bash not person capable treatment, which leads to mediocre semipermanent wellness outcomes,” said Harsh K. Trivedi, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt. “It’s important to beryllium capable to code some substance usage and intelligence wellness issues simultaneously, and Sheppard Pratt has the programs and expertise to bash both.”

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CBS Baltimore Staff