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Loretto Hospital offering free overdose prevention training Wednesday

By AustinTalks | August 30, 2022

The training will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Aug. 31 at The Loretto Hospital. Behavioral health clinicians from the hospital and Maryville Academy will show participants how to administer Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an overdose.

Cancer

Free cancer screenings at Loretto this month

By AustinTalks | May 12, 2021

To qualify for a free mammogram, patients must be 40 or older with no issues or symptoms and not have had a mammogram within the last year. To qualify for a pap smear, patients must be over 21 and not have had a pap smear in the past three years. Eligible individuals must live in one of the these ZIP codes: 60651, 60644, 60707, 60639 or 60635.

News

Resources available to fight opioid use, reduce drug overdoses

By Zach Cunning | April 19, 2021

The West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force offers training each month to help reduce the record number of overdose deaths.

health

Heroin, opioid abuse hitting West Side hard

By Suzanne McBride | January 23, 2019

Free packets of naxolone were distributed at an event held Monday at The Loretto Hospital to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The drug has saved many people from dying of a drug overdose.

Community

All West Side men invited to health fair

By AustinTalks | September 28, 2018

The free event – held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at The Loretto Hospital – includes screenings, lunch, and a panel of experts.

addiction

Elected officials, health experts put spotlight on opioid crisis

By Ian Karbal | April 9, 2018

On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and state Rep. La Shawn Ford discussed the ongoing epidemic, which has hit Austin and other parts of Chicago’s West Side especially hard.

AIDS

Today’s heroin epidemic similar to HIV/AIDS scourge in the 1980s

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | May 3, 2017

West Side residents can take action to protect their friends, family and neighbors from this sweeping problem that’s more deadly than gun violence and motor accidents.

Community

Community leaders to meet to discuss pressing drug problem

By AustinTalks | October 25, 2016

The Heroin Task Force will hold a town hall meeting Oct. 26 at Loretto Hospital.

News

Heroin treatment advocates speak of personal connections to deadly drug

By Terry Dean | September 15, 2016

Several residents share the stories of friends and loved ones who’ve struggled with drug addiction.

News

Report: West Side “epicenter” of heroin crisis in Illinois

By Terry Dean | September 7, 2016

State Rep. La Shawn Ford and others are pushing for more funding for treatment rather than incarcerating addicts caught with low amounts of the drug.

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