Woman dead and two others in hospital after suspected drug overdoses on the Gold Coast

Woman, 43, died after paramedics were called to a Surfers Paradise hotel on Friday night

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A woman has died and two others have been hospitalised after suspected drug overdoses on the Gold Coast.

Queensland paramedics were called to a hotel in Surfers Paradise at 10.58pm on Friday night. Emergency responders found seven patients, three of whom were in critical condition, including a 43-year-old woman who was experiencing cardiac arrest at the scene.

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