A MUM-OF-FOUR was tragically found dead at her ill child’s bedside in hospital.
Staff came across Lindsey Owen’s lifeless body on a fold-up bed last May.
She had been sleeping in a private room during a routine check on her child at the Royal Stoke University hospital.
Lindsey, who lived in Bold Street, Northwood, had been prescribed methadone in an attempt to come off drugs, an inquest heard.
However CCTV showed Lindsey leaving the hospital the day before she died and its suspected she took drugs while away from the ward.
Coroner Lindsey Tonks said Lindsey had been using drugs from a young age.
The toxicology report confirmed prescribed medication and other controlled drugs and were present in her system.
Forensic pathologist Brett 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.
“Lindsey would not have known anything about what was happening to her.
“She would have just wandered off into a very deep sleep and then passed away while she was sleeping.”
A fundraiser has been set up in Lindsey’s memory by her sister, Claudia who has shared a heartfelt tribute for the mum-of-four.
Claudia wrote: “Lindsey would have done anything to protect the people she loved.
“She would have given her last penny to anyone in need.
“She was truly a kind person who didn’t deserve to leave the world this soon.”
Mum-of-four Lindsey Owen, 37, was found by her poorly child’s bedside[/caption]
