Ron Abrahams, M.S.C.
Sarah Payne, M.S.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Physician Ron Abrahams and midwife Sarah Payne created a new model of health care for substance-using women and their drug-exposed newborns. As the driving force behind the Fir Square Combined Care unit at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, they introduced a holistic, compassionate approach where mothers room with their infants from day one while receiving medical care, addiction counselling, parenting education and help finding housing.