A man who 'rolled' into the road and was hit by a taxi after being discharged from hospital had said he was suffering from drug withdrawal and wanted an admission to detox from Spice, an inquest heard.
Daniel Kirton tragically died following the collision, which came after he had attempted to take his own life on hospital grounds following his discharge by mental health practitioners. He had attended Manchester Royal Infirmary's emergency department earlier that afternoon, December 3, 2020, and was assessed by staff from the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust but deemed fit to be released.
At an earlier hearing of the six day inquest at Manchester Coroner's Court, police coroners' officer Elizabeth Davies told the court Daniel, 35, who was of no fixed address and was unemployed, went to the hospital to see the mental health team on the afternoon of December 3. He was assessed again a short while later before being 'escorted' out of the hospital at around 11.15pm, when security officers based at MRI got a radio call from colleagues telling them there was an 'aggressive male' refusing to leave the department.
