Mum-to-be found dead after leaving hospital

A PREGNANT woman who absconded from a psychiatric hospital was found dead at home two weeks later, an inquest in Cork heard yesterday.

Ann Gloster, aged 38, who was six months’ pregnant, died after contracting pneumonia and a severe infection.

Yesterday’s hearing was told Ms Gloster was admitted as an involuntary patient at Cork’s Mercy Hospital on November 18 last year.