The debate on Narcan remains an issue of whether addicts deserve help or should suffer the consequences of their own actions. It’s a divisive issue for so many based on personal experience. A woman was shocked, then, when a receptionist made a comment about Narcan users at a Marion, Indiana urgent care.
Kylee (@princesskyleexoxo) says she lives in a low-income area where there’s a lot of poverty and rampant drug usage. When at the Indiana Fast Pace Urgent Care center, she was shocked by what a receptionist said about drug users. According to Kylee, the receptionist said, “Throw that Narcan away” and stated that people who use it should be left to “die.” Kylee wasn’t about to sit and let that comment roll off of her, so she confronted the receptionist.
In Kylee’s video, Kylee states, “I heard everything that you said back there.” The receptionist asks, “What did I say? You heard everything.” Kylee demands that she repeat herself about how she said people who come in needing Narcan are “going to die.” The Indiana woman makes a face at Kylee and said, “I didn’t say they’re gonna.” Kylee reiterates, “You said, ‘Let them die’”. She then tells the receptionist that she’s going to turn her in for what she said.
The woman asks Kylee why she’s there and she tells her she needs to be “seen” as a patient. She tells the receptionist, “But you’re not going to treat me any different just because I heard you say that. Because I’ll turn you the [expletive] in ASAP. I got this on video.” The receptionist tells her, “That’s okay. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion.” In shock, Kylee exclaims, “As a healthcare worker?!” and the video ends.
Since the video’s posting, Kylee left a comment update sharing that the receptionist, Tammy, was terminated from her position. Other commenters immediately reacted to her video, calling out the worker for her harsh words. As one nurse shared, “Me and mine don’t claim her. This is absolutely disgusting and vile. I’m sharing and reporting and so are my nurse sisters sitting in this break room with me.”
Other Indiana commenters shared their own personal experiences dealing with addiction in their lives. One commented, “NARCAN has saved me 3-4 times.” Other commenters took the receptionist’s side on this entirely divisive issue. One stated, “As a health care worker she does have the right to her own opinion, she isn’t wrong there. Hate to break it to you but that isn’t even the worst being said/done.” Another added, “Here you are criticizing her while you cuss her out.” Commenters continue to share their opinions about Narcan and whether or not the healthcare worker had the right to say what she said.
