Sanda K.

Homelessness/Harm Reduction/Mental Health advocate, Educator, Workshop Facilitator. Book nerd, Music & Cinema lover, Pisces, Redhead. All views are my own

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@guyfelicella Wishing you a speedy recovery 🤞🫶

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

Win a Complete Daniel Kalla Thriller Bundle — Including an ARC of THE DEEPEST FAKE! #giveaway #win https://t.co/Xoo7ZDnX1y

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

Housing is a matter of human dignity and sound economics.

month in hospital: ~$30,000
month in prison: ~$12,000
month in shelter: ~$6,000

month in supportive housing:
$4,000 https://t.co/UAPlV1aaw0

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

How are housing and health inextricably linked?

An unhoused patient has health care costs 7x higher than housed individuals.

And people without housing typically live nearly 20 years less.

Housing is a matter of human dignity and sound economics.

[Nicholas Boyce @NickBoyce416]

Rest in Power & Peace, Peter. Last night, with family by his side, Peter Leslie ended his journey in this world. Peter played a significant role in Toronto’s harm reduction community - he will be deeply missed.

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

In the past 3 months I have not had a single TTC ride without issues or delays! For everyone who relies on TTC as their only form of transportation, this is a nightmare! Can’t even imagine what it’s like for visitors! We need to do better! @TTChelps @TTCnotices @cityoftoronto

[Peggy Blair @peggy_blair]

Dear 2024,
I have reviewed your manuscript with interest and regret to advise that I will be declining representation.
While the plot is interesting, it strikes me that there is a little too much of it. I fear that readers will become overwhelmed. 1/

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

Another day in Toronto, another “no service, we apologize for the inconvenience” on @TTCnotices
I know shit happens but when delay free commute on public transportation is an EXCEPTION and not a rule, it’s obvious there is a huge problem 🙈 #TTC #torontoproblems #toronto

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@TTCnotices It would be more shocking if there WASN’T a delay 😭

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@CoffeeSacred @papptweating @guyfelicella Substance Use Disorder

[Gillian Kolla, PhD @GillianKolla]

Great new study in @TheLancetPH, showing a significant decrease in fatal overdoses in the Toronto neighbourhoods surrounding supervised injection sites - a 67 per cent reduction in overdose deaths in neighbourhoods within 500 metres of the sites https://t.co/G56BjXffhU

[John Fish 📚 💙💛 @Thelastword1962]

The Icelandic tradition of giving books as presents is #Jolabokaflod Then spend Christmas eve night reading and eating chocolate. In Iceland they publish more books than any other country and sell most of its books between September and November as they prepare. 📚🎄❤

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

I'm proud to work at @allsaintsTO, which is one of the last truly low-barrier spaces left for unhoused folks in TO. With just 15 staff, we have no core funding from @cityoftoronto or the Diocese, yet we serve 200+ meals, four days a week (it's stuffed peppers today, c/o Chef Me).

[CathyCrowe @cathycrowe.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @cathyacrowe]

📢For anyone not into reading full threads here is the bottom line. The federal gov't offered the @cityoftoronto two armouries for a few weeks for refugee shelter and then $5m to operate a refugee shelter at the Better Living Centre. The city turned it down.

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

In 2022 we were warned the Ford government was not "For the People" but rather "For the Profit". Just a year and a half later, we see the true colors of the Ontario government. "Doug Ford’s government is quietly privatizing health care". March 15, 2022.

https://t.co/3VKHaVxNDd

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@dreamingofuuuu Thank you so much for sharing that info! I’m in Toronto 🇨🇦 and fortunately the pharmacist part is the same - I got it over the phone & it’s been helping so much! You are lucky you still have access to PCR testing, we lost that a long time ago 😭

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

Absurdities of our health care system: started feeling sick over the weekend, tested + for COVID, never seen a test turn + so fast (in under 3 minutes). I qualify for paxlovid but in order to get it I have to SHOW UP IN PERSON TO MY GP’s OFFICE 👀 Wait? What?

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@RJ080911 I am really sorry to hear this! I don’t understand treating employees with such mistrust 😔 my workplace still has “COVID means staying at home until symptom free + testing negative for 48 hrs + sick days not deducted” approach. I think that should be the norm 😢

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@peggy_blair Peggy you are a life safer! Thank you! I was told the GP has to SEE me but I completely forgot about the pharmacy part. Called them, they verified I qualify & a family member can pick it up. I really don’t feel comfortable leaving my home & potentially getting other people sick

[Sanda K. @redheadStorm]

@birgitomo 👋 I would seek out your tweets if I didn’t see them on my feed. Thank you for speaking up about uncomfortable truths in our health care system 🫶