There was a case a few years ago. The Mum put methadone in her baby’s bottle to help her go to sleep as she had been screaming as she was teething. It was an older sibling who discovered the baby wasn’t breathing properly and called the Ambulance. A rapid response unit arrived first which means there was extra staff to help treat the baby. They performed CPR all the way to the hospital, they had a cardiologist waiting in emergency ready but the baby couldn’t be revived. Apparently a family of addicts from what Hospital staff were told. They reckoned it was one of the most tragic cases they had ever seen. Most of them needed thorough de-briefing. Some needed counselling.

Very sad to read this story,my thoughts are with family.

What a tragedy. Should not have happened. RIP young lady.

Oh my! Poor girl! 🙁 How did she get methadone? Too young to die! 🙁

What on earth? I cannot comprehend this. I hope she gets well very soon.

Way too many questions that need to be answered. I hope this young girl is okay. There should not be any methadone even remotely close by for a child of this age to access.

We’ve seen what damage it does to teens and adults. I can’t imagine what damage it could do to this young girl. I pray that she will recover with no lasting side effects.

oh my goodness this is so heartbreaking. I really hope this little girl pulls through with no lasting effects or damage from this.

I hope the detectives can find out what happened and how these were even in the house she was in – at least someone should be charged with possession! for starters

Oh no, that could be one of my neighbors as we live in Quakers Hill !
Where could such young child get it’s hands on Methadone ? Somebody must have left it sitting around, so dangerous !!
My youngest in care has Down syndrome and was for the first couple of weeks of her life on Methadone as mum used heroin during her pregnancy.

I really hope they find the parents are not to blame. If they are, then they do not deserve to have any children in their care

It is scary to see how easily a kid can get into something they want.

Wishing her a speedy recovery.