Police are investigating after a five-year-old western Sydney girl died from a suspected overdose of methadone — the substance used to treat heroin addicts.
The child was treated by paramedics at a home in Quakers Hill last Tuesday, January 17, after the alarm was raised she was unresponsive.
She was treated at the scene and had been in a critical condition ever since in the Children’s Hospital Westmead.
Police said the little girl died in hospital on Sunday.
Methadone is a strong painkiller often prescribed to treat recovering heroin addicts.
State Crime Command Child Abuse Squad detectives are investigating the young girl’s death and are speaking with her family.
Methadone, which can only be obtained legally as part of a treatment program, has a heroin-like effect on people who take it.
A daily dose is normally obtained from a clinic or pharmacy.
This post originally appeared on ABC News.
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