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Lucas Cornelius, a new father visiting a Johnstown, Pa., maternity ward to see his girlfriend and their newborn child, allegedly overdosed on heroin inside a hospital bathroom.

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The heroin epidemic has reached a new low in a Johnstown, Pa., maternity ward. That is where a new father visiting his girlfriend and their newborn child, allegedly overdosed on heroin inside a hospital bathroom, the Associated Press is reporting.

The victim is identified as Lucas Cornelius of Cambria County.

Security at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center found Cornelius unconscious Tuesday in the bathroom of the hospital's maternity ward.

Police say they found two stamp bags of heroin marked "Head Trauma." The empty stamp bags were discovered in a toilet, and a syringe was hidden in a paper towel dispenser.

Federal prosecutors say "Head Trauma" and other batches of heroin have led to more than 30 overdoses in western Pennsylvania in recent days, AP writes.

The only positive note is that Cornelius has survived. The fact that he was already at the hospital likely improved his chances of living.

AP notes that he was treated at the same hospital's emergency room.

He recovered enough so that he was jailed Wednesday on charges of possessing drug paraphernalia and child endangerment, AP reports.