An eyewitness has described the shocking scenes he observed in a suspected “2C-B” drugs case which saw six people hospitalised in Cork.
The passer-by raised the alarm to Gardai at around 4am on Tuesday morning after stumbling upon a house party which appeared to have gotten out of hand.
Five men and a woman, aged from 18 to 37, were eventually rushed to Cork University Hospital, following the investigation of a possibly contaminated batch of the designer drug “2C-B.”
An 18-year-old was remains critically ill in hospital while three others are in a stable condition and two have been reportedly discharged.
Speaking on Cork’s Red FM, the man described the horrifying scenes he witnessed at the southside house party in a bid to warn people off consuming unknown substances.
He said:
“I was walking past late last night and heard crazy shouting from a house.
“So me and a friend looked in the window to see was everyone okay.
“The bedroom was covered in blood, walls, floor, bed and even curtains.
“A man arrived at the window clearly on drugs and in a state of shock. Although the man at the window insisted everything was fine, the passersby insisted on entering to check.
“When we went in it was like a scene from CSI – blood all over the walls, floors, couches and a man and a woman naked covered in blood, badly hurt and clearly in a state of dementia.
“There was a man on the floor in cardiac arrest with major breathing problems and the man who let us in sitting on the chair in shock.
“In shock, me and my friend took control of the room.
“It was surreal.. a naked man and woman dancing naked on the chairs as a man was having cardiac arrest on the floor.
The pair raised the alarm with emergency services, who arrived shortly after.
“I was the man who left the guards and paramedics into the house.
“They didn’t even know they were covered in blood and badly hurt, they didn’t even know there was a man dying on the floor.
“I haven’t slept a wink all night, I’m still in shock to be honest.
“These people did not seem like bad people just like students out partying which is the most worrying thing about this new drug and its side effects”.
He is now pleading with people to avoid unknown substances.
“It’s really scary stuff and we need to make everyone aware of its dangers.
“Everyone in the house was rushed to hospital. I have never seen so much blood.”
He added: “Please share the message and let’s warn Cork about the dangers of this new drug.”
The HSE have also released a statement in the aftermath of the incident.
“These drugs can be sold in tablet powder or liquid form and are consumed at parties or clubs for their stimulant, mood altering and in some cases, aphrodisiac effect,” said a HSE statement.
“However, it is generally reported that these drugs can have serious side effects both from a psychological and physical viewpoint.
“Such side effects include paranoia, hallucinations (both auditory and visual), gastrointestinal effects and kidney problems.
“Young people are advised that there is no quality control on these drugs.
“There are problems with purity and contaminants, and there is no way of checking that what is purchased or consumed is the intended substance.
“Given the serious side-effects experienced by the young people in Cork, the HSE Addiction services are issuing a warning about possible contaminated ‘party pills’ and advise people not to consume any unknown substances that they are offered at this time.”
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