Ms. Sarah Payne

  • Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada

Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division

  • Meritorious Service Cross

    • Awarded on: April 4, 2017
    • Invested on: March 21, 2018

    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.