A Madison man alerted authorities to his neighbor’s overdose Sunday morning, shortly after being released into his neighbor’s care following his own overdose treatment.
The man who first experienced a heroin overdose was delivered to the hospital the previous evening after being discovered lying unconscious. After he was given treatment, the man was released from the hospital to his neighbor, the designated “responsible party,” according to Madison Police Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain.
“Hospital staff said a little more than an hour after the release, a second overdose patient came rolling in around 5:30 a.m,” said DeSpain in the incident report. “They recognized him, because he had just been there. He was the “responsible party” who had earlier picked up the first overdose patient.”
Following his release, the man sleeping in his neighbor’s apartment when he awoke to find him unconscious after his neighbor had allegedly ingested heroin, the police report said.
“The first patient, still wearing his hospital bracelet, attempted CPR, and then called 911,” DeSpain said.
