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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Kit Vickery

Tragic mum, 26, wasn't found by emergency services for four hours after overdose, inquest hears

A young mum died after emergency services took four hours to find her following an overdose, an inquest heard.

Jessica Ellison, 26, called 999 for an ambulance after taking an overdose of prescription medication at her home in Atherton, Wigan. The foodbank volunteer was found unresponsive four hours later and rushed to hospital where she died days later.

Police coroner's officer Marquita Hogan was unable to tell the court exactly what had happened between the call being triaged, and Greater Manchester Police being contacted, as she only had access to the force's understanding of the incident, but she believes North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) were unable to find Miss Ellison at the property.

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