It can be hard to seek help after a sexual assault, and it’s important to know that you have options. Sanare Centre’s Victim’s Navigation Specialists can help you explore your choices around medical care, reporting to police, sexual trauma-specific therapy services, and other resources available.
Sexual assault and the first four days (96 hours)
In the first four days following a sexual assault, survivors seeking help have 3 options:
- Medical care only
- from a specialized physician
- forensic evidence is not collected
- Medical care with anonymous evidence collection and no police report
- for survivors who aren’t sure if they want to involve police
- forensic evidence is collected by a specialized physician
- evidence is stored anonymously for one year with the Medicine Hat Police Service. After one year evidence is destroyed
- Medical care with identified evidence collection and police report.
- for survivors who want to involve the police
- forensic evidence is collected by a specialized physician
- evidence is provided to police
Continued Healing
Sanare’s Intake & Group Counsellor or a Victim’s Navigation Specialist can connect you to support services in your area. Sanare offers support groups, 1-on-1 therapy, education programs.