Strangulation clinic in Surrey offers specialized care for survivors of partner violence
Strangulation clinic in Surrey offers specialized care for survivors of partner violence
Strangulation a leading indicator of escalating future violence, says retired Crown prosecutor
Baneet Braich · CBC · Posted: Feb 03, 2023 7:00 AM EST | Last Updated: February 3
The Strangulation Clinic in Surrey, B.C., offers medical care for survivors who have experienced strangulation. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Warning: This story references physical and domestic abuse.
A clinic in Surrey, B.C., that has long served victims of strangulation has dedicated a clinic for those services. "We needed a specialty clinic where this could be looked at and people could feel supported," said nurse practitioner Hannah Varto at Embrace Clinic, which since 2015 has provided services for strangulation victims.
"This gives me shivers even just saying it … people who've been strangled, primarily women, from their domestic partner, are at seven times the risk of being killed by their partner in the future."
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Typically overlooked, strangulation has become the focus of more study recently due to consequences like health issues and domestic homicides, experts say. It's the leading indicator of escalating violence in the future, according to Winston Sayson, a Crown prosecutor for 30 years who is now retired.
"When you reach that stage, you are in a very dangerous red zone," he said, adding strangulation is now equivalent to assault with a weapon or assault causing bodily harm.
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Much, much more at the link.
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