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Cassandra Morgan

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

Health leaders say a Melbourne CBD supervised injecting room would save lives. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Health leaders have penned an open letter pleading for the urgent opening of a supervised injecting room in Melbourne's CBD after "countless" overdoses.

In the letter addressed to Daniel Andrews and published before he announced his resignation as premier on Tuesday, the leaders called on him to deliver on his 2020 promise to establish Victoria's second overdose prevention service.

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