Paramedics and ambulance service personnel have been called to the scene of over 500 heroin overdoses in Limerick since 2016, the Leader can reveal.
In 2016, there were 268 incidents of opioid overdose that required emergency care, followed by 230 incidents in 2017, according to HSE figures received under freedom of information.
In most incidents of heroin overdose attended by the National Ambulance Service, the life-saving naloxone drug is administered at the scene to stabilise the casualty.
In a recent Limerick Leader report, naloxone was used to save two lives over one weekend in an emergency situation. And while there are no official HSE figures yet for 2018, it is understood that the number of overdoses requiring paramedic treatment has exceeded 500 since 2016.
Source: Fintan Walsh, Limerick Leader, 17/09/18
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