An inquest heard that a swimming instructor who thought she had Long Covid and was deteriorating dementia was discovered dead in a mental health facility on her birthday.
On August 2 of last year, Sandra Kirk was discovered dead in the lavatory next to her Cygnet hospital room in Woking.
After catching COVID-19 in November 2020, the mother-of-mental two’s health started to deteriorate, and her husband, Andrew Kirk, feels this is what ultimately caused her death.
“There is now so much proof that Covid may lead to Psychosis,” Mr. Kirk added, describing the mother as having a “beautiful, loving demeanour.”
I fail to see how she could have killed herself when purportedly safe.
“I think Sandra’s death would have been averted with competent treatment throughout,” the patient said.
All three recovered from the virus, but Mrs Kirk remained persuaded that she had Long Covid and was getting dementia even though she had no symptoms.
Before she passed herself, Mrs. Kirk had made prior efforts to end her life.
She ought to have gotten better treatment at the hospital, according to Mr. Kirk’s testimony during the inquest.
Additionally, he criticised a July 17, 2021, check of her room.
Sandra was under more continual supervision after she arrived at the independent mental health clinic, according to assistant coroner Anna Loxton, who spoke to the jury today to kick off the inquest at Surrey’s Coroner’s Court.
The jury was informed that these examinations had been scaled down to once every hour in the month prior to her death.
After the birth of their two girls, Mr. Kirk said that his wife, who had previously worked as cabin crew for the now-defunct GB Airways, converted her love for swimming into a job.
On August 2 of the previous year, Sandra Kirk was discovered dead in the bathtub of her Cygnet hospital room in Woking.
She had a “wonderful reputation” in the community and taught “hundreds, if not thousands,” of kids in Surrey.
The jury will also hear testimony from Cygnet Hospital, which provides mental health services for men and women across four wards on Redding Way in Knaphill, during the course of the inquest, which will last until September 16.
The investigation goes on.
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