Show Notes
From karaoke to crisis care: we hear how the bonds of trust formed between people who come to inject drugs and MSIR workers can play out in Zone 3, Aftercare. Walking alongside clients can sometimes mean watching people turn their life around; and sometimes end in loss.
Content advice: drug use, mild coarse language
Featuring Nurses - Kerry, Simon, Paul, Jen Harm Reduction Practitioners - Tess, Dylan, Lisa Head of Security - Amri Host: Michelle Ransom-Hughes
Credits Producer/ Editor/ Writer/ Sound Design: Michelle Ransom-Hughes Atmospheric Sound recordings: Jon Tjhia and Michelle Ransom-Hughes Final mix: Dylan Ransom-Hughes
Recorded on Wurundjeri land, produced on Turrbal/ Jagera land
An independent production of Alongside Radio (Australia), made possible by the cooperation of the North Richmond MSIR You can support the production here Read the Ryan Review to get more stats and facts about the trial of the North Richmond MSIR
"Since its establishment in 2018, the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) trial in North Richmond has succeeded in achieving the trial’s central objective: saving lives. There have been almost 6,000 overdose events in the MSIR during the trial, and none has been fatal. Modelling suggests that during its time in operation the MSIR has prevented up to 63 deaths." (p.5 Ryan Review, February 2023)
Thanks (MSIR) Shelley Cogger, Nico Clark, Zoe Gleeson, Jen Anderson, James Fitzpatrick, and all the visiting clients and staff on duty, Sunday 26 June 2022. Dylan Ransom-Hughes, Daniel Semo, Sophie Ransom, Jaye Kranz, Lucy Osborne, Kim Lester, Dave Suttee, Virginia H, and Nia P. Series art by Eloise McCullough.
Music Nobody Dies Here Theme by Jen Anderson (original) Off Kilter - Derek Stephens (CCO FMA) Somewhere There Now - Daniel Barbiero (with kind permission) Armitage - Kelly Latimore (CCbyA) Thanks to the generosity of all sound artists and musicians who share their work via Creative Commons licenses and help make independent productions viable
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