Please see the attached document to learn more about the contamination and risk associated with the current drug alert.

Name: Edward Schaffer (he/him/his)
Job Title: Physician
Years of Service: 7
Worksite: Invermere & District Hospital and East Kootenay Regional Hospital
Community: Invermere/Cranbrook

Vinaysinh (Vinny) Chauhan was enjoying a game of cricket on a warm June night in 2023 in Merritt when he started feeling unwell.

“My neck was feeling sore, and I was dizzy,” he recalls. He sat down on the field. His teammates brought him some snacks and juice, but he continued to feel poorly. They brought him home to sleep, but his symptoms continued.

By the time his teammates took him to Nicola Valley Hospital, his blood pressure was very high and he was obviously very ill. The next thing he remembers is waking up in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

Dr. Kyle Merritt realized he had to do more for the planet during a two-week stretch of thick wildfire smoke in 2021 that saw his family sheltering inside their Nelson home.

Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.