The family of a woman who died at a train station following a long battle with mental illness has raised concerns over her discharge from a psychiatric ward a month earlier. Mum-of-one, Kate Hedges, 35, passed away in November 2020 having been released from hospital in October, an inquest into her death has heard.
Paramedics were called to Gatley train station in Stockport following reports of a casualty on the tracks on November 27. The first day of an inquest at South Manchester Coroners' Court heard she was diagnosed with dyspraxia as an adult and was also due to be assessed for a potential autism diagnosis.
She suffered significant trauma, having being bullied at school and raped when she was 19, the inquest heard. Ms Hedge's mother Nuala Finegan described her daughter as a 'beautiful and bright person'.
