Inquest scheduled for April into overdose death in University of Victoria dorm room

A coroner’s inquest has been scheduled for April 28 into the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year after her family says there were delays in administering naloxone and starting CPR.Eighteen-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died in January, 2024, of cardiac arrest due to fentanyl poisoning in a dorm room at the university.In an open letter to Premier David Eby last May, her parents blamed “catastrophic failures” by both the university and the 911 operator, saying campus security waited nine minutes to administer the overdose-reversing drug naloxone and 12 minutes to start CPR.