HSE to form group to tackle rise in drug overdoses linked to synthetic opiates

A Health Service Executive warning sign in College Green Dublin over the recent overdose problems. Photo: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

The HSE is to establish a new red alert group to tackle the mounting numbers of drug overdoses linked to synthetic opiates which threatens to spread nationwide.

It is also urgently telling emergency services and hospitals to stock up on additional doses of naxalone to treat synthetic opioid overdose presentations and be ready for outbreaks to spread nationally.