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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: TomSea on September 23, 2019, 12:01:04 am
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U.S. News
Sept. 22, 2019 / 10:51 AM / Updated at 4:58 PM
Suspected drug OD kills 3, hospitalizes 4 in Pittsburgh
By Allen Cone
Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Three men died and four others were hospitalized -- all wearing orange paper wristbands -- after a "medical situation" that is suspected to be a drug overdose in Pittsburgh early Sunday, officials said.
The victims apparently were at an undetermined venue together and then went to a second location at a private residence where they apparently overdosed on drugs, the city of Pittsburgh posted on its website.
The patients, all male middle-aged, were transported to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Three of the victims were upgraded from serious to stable condition, and one remains in critical condition, KDKA-TV reported.
Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/22/Suspected-drug-OD-kills-3-hospitalizes-4-in-Pittsburgh/5361569161912/ (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/22/Suspected-drug-OD-kills-3-hospitalizes-4-in-Pittsburgh/5361569161912/)
That's what they called it on the news, a "medical emergency", see what happens from here. Pretty bad. Fentanyl? Something else?