Five potentially fatal heroin overdoses reversed by drug that is being rolled out across the country

Five potentially fatal heroin overdoses were reversed last year when trained staff administered a drug which is now being rolled out across the country.

Naloxone, which reverses the effects of opioid overdose within minutes, was used in four different locations across four months last year.

Since then, it is understood at least another three potentially fatal overdoses have been reversed thanks to the drug, administered in the form of a Prenoxad injection.