As the number of drug-addicted people is constantly increasing, one of the best things that they could get is support from people. Today, there have been so many ways to combat this problem and, in many cases, they have been a success. Now, a UC Medical Center offering peer support in ER to those battling addiction. For those battling addiction, getting help can be overwhelming, but a local medical center now employs a man who is in drug recovery who can understand where they are coming from. Since 1998, Natalie Frye said UC Medical Center's Early Intervention Program has tested patients for HIV and hepatitis C, but it is evolving. “Within the past few years, we've started to see an increase with patients coming in for substance use disorder,” said Frye. Click here for more details. These are patients that Daniel Ritchie can relate to. He battled drug addiction for years but is now in recovery. Two decades after this program took off, Ritchie got an opportunity to volunteer in the UC Emergency Department. “I see more than just a drug addict is someone or somebody who is alcoholic suffering. I see myself suffering, and I see myself at those low moments in my life when I once, too, sat in a hospital bed here at the University of Cincinnati Hospital,” said Ritchie.
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