Paramedics in B.C. responded to a record number of calls on Wednesday to help patients who had experienced a drug overdose, according to the ambulance service.

The first responders were called 138 times for overdoses over a 24-hour period. Those figures are nearly double the usual daily number of calls, which is 74.

A statement from B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) said it was the most calls “ever recorded since the opioid crisis was declared five years ago.”

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