A woman found drowned in a river had visited a hospital three times in the week before her death, convinced she had long Covid, an inquest was told.
Malgorzata Swiatlon vanished from her home in Salford on June 14 last year, with underwater search teams finding her body two days later in the River Irwell.
The 37-year-old had been to A&E on three occasions between June 8 and June 13 with symptoms of anxiety but was discharged each time.
The next day her sister Jolanta Swiatlon came up to Salford from London after receiving a concerned phone call from Malgorzata's partner Adam Jozwiuk.
Calling the police to report her missing, Bolton Coroner's Court was told the call handler incorrectly graded her as medium risk, Manchester Evening News reported.
Detective Superintendent Jane Higham told proceedings she should have been categorised as high, although it was "impossible to say" if a correct grading would have had a different outcome.
A number of mental health nurses and practitioners told the inquest she had not indicated any suicidal intent during her three hospital visits.
On the first of Malgorzata's three trips to A&E at Salford Royal Hospital on June 8, she was seen by mental health nurse Hannah Davis.
She told the hearing Malgorzata was “worried” about her recent symptoms and disclosed she had been 'generally more anxious' since testing positive for coronavirus in February.
She said that there was "no immediate reason not to discharge" Malgorzata and asked if she needed any 'additional support', which she declined.
Ms Davis wrote to her GP, Dr Forster, after the meeting and asked Malgorzata's mental state be monitored over the next two weeks.
Malgorzata was next seen by nurse Sarah Thompson-Cook on the evening of June 11 after she accidentally overdosed on zopiclone.
Ms Thompson-Cook told the hearing Malgorzata had 'noticed her anxiety had increased since she started taking sertraline' a week earlier.
Malgorzata complained of being sick, heartburn, pain to her back and chest, and insomnia.
Ms Thompson-Cook felt Malgorzata did not meet the threshold for secondary care as she did not display an immediate risk of suicide or harm to others.
When Malgorzata was discharged, Ms Thompson-Cook referred her to mental health service Six Degrees and wrote to Dr Forster, stating an urgent review was needed.
Mental health practitioner Deirdre Flanagan saw Malgorzata on June 13 and recalled: "She identified she had, in her words, problems with her head and was unable to sleep.
"She described in her words ‘every day is a bad day, I can't sleep. I wake up during the night and I have had suicidal thoughts for a few days. When I close my eyes, my head is spinning. I need therapy'"
Malgorzata told Ms Flanagan despite the suicidal thoughts, she had no immediate intention to end her life.
A root cause analysis report was also written about the care Malgorzata received at Salford Royal Hospital.
Report author Christine Bracken said 'without the benefit of hindsight', the appropriate responses were given to Malgorzata on her visits to A&E.
She said: "I am satisfied on the available information the response on each of the interactions had been appropriate and proportionate given her presenting history."
Recording a narrative conclusion, coroner Peter Sigee said: "Ms Swiatlon died from drowning at the River Irwell but it cannot be determined how or where she entered the water or what her intention was at that time."
