Dr. Julien Auger, an FP at Hôpital de Saint-Jérôme in St-Jérôme, Que., boarded a plane after the Ukrainian health ministry called for help from foreign medical workers.
The province says anyone 70 and older, people 60 and older with fewer than three doses of a COVID-19, and people 18 and older with fewer than three vaccine doses and at least one risk factor such as a chronic medical condition can now be tested and assessed for treatment.
Laws vary across Canada for what amounts to involuntary detox for minors who are sometimes detained through the emergency department following an overdose.