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Pine Lodge expansion will provide 10 new inpatient beds for addictions treatment

Expansion made possible by $467,000 in funding from province

Addictions a regular topic of discussion during the recent legislative session

Pine Lodge Treatment Centre will be getting 10 new inpatient beds, with money earmarked from the provincial budget. Pictured are Don McMorris, MLA for Indian Head-Milestone, Foster Monson, executive director of Pine Lodge, Karen Earnshaw, with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, and Health Minister Jim Reiter, at the treatment centre located at Indian Head. (Supplied/Government of Saskatchewan)

A Sask. treatment centre is getting 10 new inpatient treatment beds to help people looking to kick their addictions.

The Pine Lodge Treatment Centre will now have a total of 33 beds, thanks to$467,000 in funding from the provincial government.

"This investment will help Pine Lodge reduce wait times, providing people across southern Saskatchewan with better access to inpatient addictions services," Health Minister Jim Reiter said in a news release.

Addictions and treatment were regular topics of discussion during the last legislative session. In May, Reiter saidthe province's growing drug problem is one of the reasons why ER wait times are increasing in the province.

The Pine Lodge Treatment Centreis located in Indian Head, about 70 kilometres east of Regina.

"This 10-bed increase at Pine Lodge will be a very positive factor in our ability to provide services to residents of Saskatchewan dealing with addiction," executive director Foster Monsonsaidin a news release.

The investment is part of the Government of Saskatchewan's 10-year Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan.