INDIANAPOLIS -- A visitor at Riley Hospital for Children was found unresponsive from a suspected heroin overdose in a hospital bathroom over the weekend.
IU Health Academic Health Center police responded to a report of an unresponsive woman around 7 p.m. Saturday at the Simon Family Tower.
Officers arrived to find a 37-year-old female suffering from an apparent overdose in a facility bathroom. Nearby, officers found suspected heroin, syringes and a spoon with “burn marks and a white powder substance.”
A spokeswoman for IU Health said the woman was a visitor to the facility, but was unable to provide more information due to privacy laws.
The woman was taken to the emergency room for treatment.
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