Her body was discovered by hospital staff carrying out a routine check on her child
A 'kind' mum-of-four died while tending to her young child while she was unwell in hospital, with horrified staff discovering her body in a bed next to her daughter.
The 37-year-old mum's body was discovered by hospital staff carrying out a routine check on her child, who found her curled on a fold-up hospital bed. The inquest heard that ward staff had readied three bottles of methadone to prescribe the mum to help wean her off drugs, but it was suggested she may have used before her death. CCTV showed the mum exiting the hospital the day prior, during which the inquest heard she was suspected of having taken drugs.
Mr Lockyer said: "I gave the cause of death as mixed-drug intoxication. The drugs which have contributed to her death included a mixture of diamorphine or heroin, methadone, gabapentin, mirtazapine, codeine, and diazepam. All of those drugs together, they would have acted together in order to cause her death by suppressing her respiratory system and causing her to go into a deep sleep.
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