It's been just over three weeks since the body of a woman was pulled out of the water at a south Manchester beauty spot - but her identity still remains a mystery.
27.03.2024 - 08:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A personal trainer with a history of mental health problems took her own life herself following a series of unanswered calls to a helpline, an inquest heard. Madeline Hughes, 34, suffered catastrophic fatal injuries after deliberately walking into the path of a train.
Ms Hughes was at home in south Manchester when she made five calls to the Laureate House 'home-based treatment team' - on the grounds of Wythenshawe Hospital, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - just before midnight on April 21.
None of the calls were picked up, an inquest into Ms Hughes' death was told. She became 'agitated', before her mother called 999 when her daughter 'sprinted' out of the house.
As a search began, Ms Hughes managed to climb onto a railway line off a motorway, before crouching in front of a speeding train. She died at the scene.
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An inquest at Manchester Coroners' Court on Tuesday (March 26) heard Ms Hughes had struggled with mental health problems from 2009 and that her condition worsened during the pandemic. She sought help privately from The Priory and via her GP, who referred her to Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, the court was told.
She was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder and ADHD. Ms Hughes was prescribed an anti-psychotic medication quetiapine for bipolar disorder, but when it caused her muscle stiffness, it was replaced by another drug, ariprazole.
By the time of her death, this was in the process of being replaced by a third drug, lamotrigine, the inquest heard. She was also prescribed, but was wary of taking and becoming addicted to, anti-depressant diazepam. The
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