Camden News: THE daughter of a pensioner who died from a suspected heart attack at her Chalk Farm flat have been told by a coroner there was nothing she could have done to save her, writes Sara Newman.

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Camden News - by SARA NEWMAN
Published: 19 June 2008

Inquest into pensioner’s death rules out overdose

THE daughter of a pensioner who died from a suspected heart attack at her Chalk Farm flat have been told by a coroner there was nothing she could have done to save her.
Mavis Brown, 77, a retired machinist, who was living in Malden Crescent, died from heart failure in February.
She required the use of nasal breathing equipment 24 hours a day.
Ms Brown’s daughter, Amber Money, told the court she was concerned that her mother had not been taking her medication correctly.
St Pancras coroner Dr Andrew Reid said there had been a possibility that Ms Brown overdosed, accidentally or deliberately, on prescription drugs, but that tests showed the level of drugs present in her blood would not have affected her adversely.
Ms Money, who despite living in Essex regularly visited her mother, asked if there was anything that could have been done.
Dr Reid told her: “There was nothing you could have done.”
Granddaughter, Kerry Money, 21, said: “Even when she was very ill she was always joking and entertaining people.”

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