Doctors body calls for pill testing trial

The peak body for Australian doctors has called for clinical trials on pill testing after two people died of suspected overdoses at a Sydney music festival.

The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has expressed shocked over the deaths of two people after a music festival. Source: AAP/Facebook @Defqon.1AUS

The nation's peak doctors body has called for pill testing trials after two young people died of suspected drug overdoses at a major Australian music festival but the NSW premier and police minister insist it won't happen.

A 21-year-old Victorian woman and a 23-year-old Sydney man died and three more revellers were taken to hospital in a critical condition after the Defqon.1 music festival at Penrith on Saturday.

About 700 revellers in the 30,000-strong crowd required medical attention at the Sydney event.

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