The Kentucky Department for Public Health issued two alerts in Christian County after nine suspected nonfatal drug overdose Emergency Medical Services encounters occurred between Feb. 15 and Feb. 20.
The encounters were reported through the Overdose Detection Mapping Application System and “represent an unusually high number of suspected nonfatal drug overdose encounters in this period,” according to the alert.
This alert marks the fourth nonfatal drug overdose alert issued by the Kentucky Drug Overdose Alert System since Feb. 5.
The other alerts were issued on Feb. 13 for Jefferson County after 32 suspected nonfatal drug overdose EMS encounters occurred Feb. 12 and Feb. 13; Feb. 11 in Hardin County, when eight suspected nonfatal drug overdose EMS encounters were reported between Feb. 7 and Feb. 10; and on Feb. 5 in Daviess County, when 13 suspected nonfatal drug overdose EMS encounters were reported between Jan. 29 and Feb. 4…