Winter taking heavy toll on people who are homeless, from amputations to freezing to death

Health-care practitioners say this is the second difficult winter in a row for those who live outside. Pandemic pressures on an already-stretched shelter system as well as restrictions prohibiting eating — and getting warm — in fast-food restaurants have left many with nowhere to go on cold nights.

from CBC | Health News https://ift.tt/Ngi5rIH