Five-year-old girl recovering after fentanyl overdose in Mission​on March 24, 2025 at 8:56 pm

A five-year-old girl needed repeated doses of naloxone to keep her alive last week after apparently overdosing on illicit fentanyl at a home in Mission.

First responders went to a residence on Nottman Street at about 9 p.m. on Thursday after reports that the girl was unconscious and receiving CPR.

“The five-year-old had been having a bath when she reportedly handled a jar containing fentanyl, and began exhibiting signs of distress soon afterwards,” said Mission RCMP Cpl. Harrison Mohr in a news release on Monday. “Adults in the house called 911 after her breathing changed and she began vomiting.”

The girl’s condition rapidly deteriorated after the 911 call, and paramedics had to administer “multiple doses of naloxone to counteract the effects of the fentanyl, which helped the girl’s condition to improve,” said Mohr.

She was kept overnight in hospital and is expected to recover.

Police are reminding the public “how incredibly dangerous the drug can be to people of any age, but especially to children, who would likely have no idea what the substance is if they were to come into contact with it.”

Anyone who keeps fentanyl in their home should always keep it stored in a secure place, out of reach of anyone who doesn’t intend to use it.

If anyone suspects they or someone around them has come into contact with the powerful opioid — which has been linked to the toxic drug overdose crisis — they should seek medical help immediately, even if symptoms haven’t set in.

The incident remains under investigation, said Mohr.

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