1,300+ Drug Overdoses In CT Emergency Rooms Over 2 Months

HARTFORD, CT — Emergency rooms across Connecticut treated 1,317 suspected drug overdoses during January and February this year, according to preliminary estimates from the state Department of Public Health.

Data is being made available through a new DPH project in order to respond quickly to drug overdose patterns.

The data could help to understand what types of opioids including fentanyl and associated substances are being used in suspected overdoses, said DPH Commissioner Dr. Raul Pino.

“Having this level of real-time data will allow state, local and community partners to more effectively and rapidly respond to the opioid crisis," he said.

Eventually DPH will have data on a town-by-town basis.

“The real-time nature of the data will allow us to respond more quickly to changes in patterns of nonfatal and fatal opioid overdoses and to design, target, implement and monitor more effective interventions to break the cycle of overdose and death and curtail opioid addiction in Connecticut," Pino said.

The following number of suspected overdoses were treated on a county-by-county basis:

• New Haven County (405)
• Hartford County (398)

• Fairfield County (186)
• Middlesex County (80)
• Litchfield County (68)
• Tolland County (64)
• Windham County (62)
• New London County (54)

Images via DPH CT