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New facility to fill treatment gap for mentally ill: Abbott
Frances Bula, Vancouver Sun

Published: Sunday, February 03, 2008

BRITISH COLUMBIA - The province will create a new type of
facility by summer for its most difficult and violent
mentally ill people, Health Minister George Abbott said
today.

Abbott said such a facility would fill the existing gap for
the mentally ill, many of whom are also drug-addicted, and
help reduce the load on police.

Vancouver police have produced a startling report, to be
officially released Monday, that says officers spend a
third to half of their time dealing with the mentally ill.

Abbott said that can be reduced by creating a new kind of
secure treatment facility, which might be a permanent home
for some, and may be located at Riverview hospital in Port
Coquitlam.

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