A YOUNG mother released from hospital following an overdose died less than 24 hours after returning home, an inquest has heard.

Active charity worker, Fiona Wren, 32, was admitted to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, after overdosing on prescribed morphine following an argument with her partner.

After arriving at the hospital by ambulance in the early hours of March 11, consultants noted that Mrs Wren’s condition improved and after being assessed by a psychiatric nurse, she was discharged eight hours after being admitted.

Mrs Wren, who had lived with a “long history of depression”, returned to her east Cleveland home with her partner, who was given the remaining amount of prescribed medication, before she was found unresponsive in bed that evening.

The Wren family attended an inquest held in Middlesbrough Town Hall on Wednesday, where Teesside assistant coroner Jo Wharton said: “Her family noted she was tired and she went to bed at around 6pm.

“She was checked on later and she was found to be unresponsive. An ambulance was called, but the actual time of cardiac arrest was unclear.”

The 32-year-old Carlin How shop assistant arrived at James Cook University Hospital’s accident and emergency department shortly after midnight on March 12.

Ms Wharton added: “Unfortunately, her condition deteriorated and she passed away.

“I am satisfied that Fiona Wren died of an overdose, but there is some doubt that she intended the outcome.”

The inquest heard that Mrs Wren, mother to her nine-year-old daughter, was a “much-loved daughter and sister”.