Edinburgh volunteers were able to help save the life of a person in the city centre after they were suspected to have overdosed.
Street Assist workers had raced to a call out on Grindley Street on Friday night (September 30), after being alerted to the individual by police.
Sharing the incident on social media, the charity said they had been working around the city centre when their team was contacted by police.
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Arriving to help the individual, volunteers were advised by the Scottish Ambulance Service to administer Naloxone, a life-saving medication used to reverse the effects of opioids.
Administering the drug, the person was then taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by a paramedic crew.
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Also attending 18 other callouts during the night, Street Assist said: "It was a rather wet night We had 18 calls and five welfare checks.
"The last call was from Edinburgh police to a suspected overdose. Attended and on advice from the Scottish Ambulance Service, administered Naloxone.
"Individual was then taken to hospital by ambulance. We'll be back out again from 10pm tonight."
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