A 19-year-old died in hospital due to the "acute toxic effects of MDMA", a coroner has found.
The inquest heard that Joelle Welsh went out with her friends to a Bristol nightclub on July 24 last year, where she consumed an unknown quantity of the class A drug. She then became acutely unwell, the inquest was told, and she was taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary at 4am on July 25.
The student was admitted to the ICU, but her condition deteriorated and she died in the city centre hospital that same day. A post-mortem examination confirmed her death was due to the acute toxic effects of MDMA.
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Area coroner Dr Peter Harrowing ruled a conclusion of misadventure at an inquest held last Friday (March 25) at the Coroner's Court in Flax Bourton. The medical cause of death was established to be multi-organ failure and acute toxicity of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).
The inquest records state: "On July 24, 2021 the deceased went with friends to a night club in Bristol. Whilst there during the early hours of July 25, 2021 she consumed an unknown quantity of the drug MDMA.
"Sometime later the deceased became acutely unwell. First aid was provided at the scene and paramedics attended. She was conveyed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary where she arrived at around 4am.
"She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit but despite all efforts her condition deteriorated and she died in hospital later that same day. A post-mortem examination confirmed her death was due to the acute toxic effects of MDMA."
