Shocking moment a worker at controversial Melbourne drug injection room shoots up in driveway next door – and gets sacked for it
- Casual Victorian health employee sacked after allegedly shooting up near clinic
- The man was a casual employee at drug injection clinic in Richmond, Melbourne
- Footage emerged in February allegedly showing him shooting up near clinic
- As a result the man was fired by North Richmond Community Health
A casual health worker who was filmed shooting up just metres from the drug injection clinic where he worked has lost his job.
The casual employee worked at the North Richmond Community Health site’s needle exchange room, in the same building as the injecting rooms, before he was fired after the footage became public in February.
In the footage, two men are shown sitting on the private driveway appearing to use needles to inject drugs, The Herald Sun reported.
A casual health worker who was filmed allegedly shooting up just metres from a drug injection clinic has lost his job after the footage went public
The casual employee allegedly worked at the North Richmond Community Health site’s needle exchange room before he was fired after the footage became public in February
A lady walks by out of frame and begins to film the men before telling them the clinic is just 120 metres away.
However the men, it is not known which one is the former employee, shouted abuse back at the woman.
‘When you’re taking photos you’re invading my privacy, I’ll smash your f****** phone,’ one man says before calling the woman gutter trash.
Victoria Health announced in October of 2018 that it would be coordinating a trial of the medically supervised injecting room at North Richmond Community Health.
The announcement stated the plan was to reduce the number of deaths from drug overdoses while also keeping the public safe.
The trial will run until June 29, 2020, with an option to extend the trial for a further three years.
An independent panel will review the medically supervised injecting room trial and report on their findings in 2020.
‘The department and North Richmond Community Health are working together with key stakeholders including local residents, schools, businesses and the City of Yarra to ensure they are engaged with and informed throughout the trial,’ the statement read.
The plan was put forward after it was revealed the City of Yarra had the highest rate of heroin deaths from 2009 to 2016.
‘In 2015, there were around 35 deaths linked to heroin in the City of Yarra – either people who overdosed in the area or for whom heroin they purchased in the area contributed to their death,’ a report read.
However data released by Ambulance Victoria had shown a rise in the number of drug related call outs to the area in the early months of 2018.
Spiking to as high as 20 call outs in January alone.
Those call outs have ranged from assault to stabbing, overdoses and issues relating to mental health.
In the footage two men are shown sitting on the private driveway and allegedly using needles to inject drugs which resulted in one of the men losing his job