A MAN who had suffered with mental health problems for several years was found dead in his room after a three-hour wait for an ambulance, an inquest heard.
But Kate Robertson, assistant coroner for North Wales East and Central, said while she understood the concerns of Liam Paul Mayne’s family the delay did not contribute to his death.
Mr Mayne, a talented musician from Flint, died at Norfolk House, Colwyn Bay, a unit for people with drug and alcohol problems, on June 20, 2023.
In a statement read at the inquest in Ruthin his sister Holly told how the 34-year-old had become dependent on cocaine as “self-medication” for his mental health problems.
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He began drinking and entered Norfolk House in 2022 but his problems continued.
“He went from one addiction to another,” said Holly.
Julie Kilgour, a project worker at the unit, said she was told that Liam was vomiting at about 11pm and she found him crawling on his hands and knees in his room.
She checked on him every 15 minutes or so and first called 999 at 12.11 and called ambulance control twice more before the final time at 3.06am by which time Liam was unconscious and had stopped breathing.
In a report read at the hearing Gillian Pleming, head of service with the Welsh Ambulance Service, said that based on the information received the calls had been correctly designated apart from one, which was downgraded from Red to Green.
Pathologist Dr Muhammad Aslam gave the cause of death as “a remarkably high level” of ketoacidosis due to alcohol consumption over a lengthy period.
Recording a conclusion of an alcohol-related death, the Coroner said there was no indication that he intended to kill himself.
Following Mr Mayne's death a “Fun Day” was held in the George and Dragon pub in Flint to raise money for a gravestone, and his former band The Tunings, in which he was the drummer, reformed for a one-off gig.
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