Woman rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital after suspected drug overdose in Surfers Paradise
A woman has been rushed to hospital after she collapsed on a Surfers Paradise street from a suspected drug overdose.
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A woman has been rushed to hospital after she collapsed on a Surfers Paradise street from a suspected drug overdose.
Emergency services were called to the corner of Ferny Ave and Elkhorn Ave in Surfers Paradise at around 10.30am on Thursday.
A Gold Coast police spokesman said they were called after reports of a suspected overdose.
It was understood the woman had collapsed out the front of a medical centre.
Paramedics, including intensive and critical care units, assessed a woman who was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a life-threatening condition.
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