Man suffers cardiac arrest after suspected drug overdose in Newcastle City Centre

A man was taken to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest following a suspected drug overdose
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A man has been taken to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest following a suspected drug overdose in Newcastle city centre.

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) was alerted at 1.16pm on Saturday to a man who was found collapsed in Grey Street.

A spokesperson for NEAS said: "We dispatched two paramedic ambulances, a specialist paramedic and a clinical team leader, who treated a patient in cardiac arrest following a suspected drug overdose.

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"The patient was conscious and breathing before being conveyed to hospital."