Man dies at Waterloo unit while being sedated by paramedics
A man died as medical officials were trying to calm him down in the south of Sydney.
On Tuesday, just before 2 o’clock, the man fell unconscious after responding to a welfare control concern in a unit block in Waterloo.
They called the police to get help with four officers at the scene.
Medical officials tried to revive the man, but it was declared that he had died at the Royal Prince Albert Hospital.
NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Peter McKenna told journalists that there was no symptom that the man was armed.
“I can say that I am not aware of the use of any (weapons) other than the clamps,” he said.
“Don’t make mistakes – police and ambulance officers went there to help someone today.
“A unfortunate situation in which this man now dies, but all the conditions around it will be extensively investigated and loved.”
Mr. McKenna added that health officials should often calm down people if they were “aggressive in nature.
“Look, ambulance officers decide to calm someone, usually for their own protection,” he said. “That person, then they behave like this. Usually an aggressive nature.
“This will form part of the critical incident investigation.”
