VANCOUVER – The first installment of Telus Health’s Originals documentary series takes an unflinching look at the devastating effects of opioid addiction, and how its ravages are being felt in families and communities across every race, gender and socio-economic status.
Painkiller: Inside the Opioid Crisis features interviews with frontline responders, border services and addiction specialists who share their perspective on the underlying problem of the ongoing opioid crisis and try to answer the question: how can our society treat pain without causing more?
The doc is available now on YouTube and on the Telus Optik TV Healthy Living Network on channel 346 in western Canada. A French subtitled version of the film will be released on YouTube in the coming months.
“Part of our work at Telus Health is to create advocacy around serious and important health topics and it is a privilege to be able to help Canadians become more informed about what Fentanyl is and how it is ravaging our communities through this documentary we have created.” said Telus Health VP Juggy Sihota, in the news release. “The opioid crisis in our country needs our collective attention; we believe that the health of our communities is of the utmost importance and it is through building awareness and understanding that we will help to eliminate the stigma of addiction and build stronger healthier communities across our country.”
To help fight the opioid crisis, Telus pledged to donate $5 for every view of the documentary, up to $50,000, to organizations providing critical care to those impacted, such as Telus Health for Good, its Mobile Health Clinics providing primary healthcare to over 30,000 homeless Canadians.
