Briton was diagnosed with rabies after psychiatrist raised fears, inquest told

Yvonne Ford died four months after the dog scratch, which she had thought to be a minor injury. Photograph: Robyn Thomson/Facebook

A woman who died in the UK after contracting rabies while on holiday in Morocco was diagnosed with the disease after a psychiatrist was called in to assess her symptoms, an inquest has heard.

Yvonne Ford, 59, died in Royal Hallamshire hospital, Sheffield, on 11 June, four months after she was scratched by a puppy in February while on a beach in the north African country.