A 19-year-old man is in a critical condition at Cork University Hospital after he is believed to have ingested a substance while attending the Indiependence music festival at Mitchelstown in Co Cork.
It is believed the man walked into the medical centre at the festival and complained of feeling unwell. He was treated there before being transferred to Cork University Hospital, where his condition deteriorated.The man is not from Cork, but is from a nearby county. Cork University Hospital has tweeted an alert warning people who are attending the festival that it is treating patients with "very severe illness" from taking ecstasy at the event in Mitchelstown. CUH has received patients with very severe illness from taking Ecstasy at the Indie19 Festival in Mitchelstown.
— Cork University Hosp August 3, 2019 Welfare Message - We have reports of a bad batch of something in the campsite, do not consume any substances that you are unsure about, it has the potential to make you very sick. Please be careful and look after each other.
A bad batch? When are they ever good?
Why cant they learn that drugs are a no no