Soon after Claire Fiddian-Green took the helm at the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation in 2015, the Indianapolis philanthropy’s research revealed that its city’s overall health was abysmal. One of the root causes: misuse of opioids.
A longtime grant maker in the areas of health and education, Fairbanks jumped into the fight to stem opioid abuse, with Ms. Fiddian-Green urging philanthropy — which has been criticized for its slow response — to help tackle the epidemic.
The crisis unfolds daily at the nearby Eskenazi Hospital, where overdose victims revived by naloxone are treated. Until recently, doctors would check the vitals of patients, monitor them for a few hours, and then release them with information about addiction treatment. Patients would often overdose again later, the lucky ones returning to the emergency room.
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