With April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, officials with the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program are letting people know about their work.
Kyla Neary Griffiths and Kari Lee Chisholm with the SANE program during a recent visit to the 989XFM studios
The program is based out of the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association. Kyla Neary Griffiths, a nurse with SANE, said they serve Antigonish, Guysborough, Richmond, and Inverness counties as well as New Glasgow. She added they are available to survivors of a sexual assault in the last seven days, adding the program offers confidential trauma-informed care.
Anyone looking to reach out to SANE can do so by calling 1-877-880-SANE (7263), 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They have a team of 15 nurse examiners who can travel based on needs.
The program was funded by the Department of Health in 2006, with the first case taking place in 2007.
