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Ambulance data shows overdose callout at Crown Melbourne every two weeks

Paramedics have attended more than 50 suspected overdoses at Crown Melbourne in the past two years, with the casino complex averaging an ambulance call-out for a suspected overdose every two weeks, data released exclusively to the ABC shows.

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Ambulance data shows overdose callout at Crown Melbourne every two weeksParamedics have attended more than 50 suspected overdoses at Crown Melbourne in the past two years, with the casino complex averaging an ambulance call-out for a suspected overdose every two weeks, data released exclusively to the ABC shows.
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