SURGEONS carried out emergency transplant surgery to save the life of suicide mum Wendy Rae.

The 44-year-old mother of two had consumed 50 paracetamol tablets over a period of two days before her husband, Winston, found a suicide note under her bed. Rushing his wife to Bury General Hospital, staff transferred the critically ill woman to Leeds Renal Unit for a liver transplant, the only course of action available to them to save her life.

Three days later she died after her body rejected the new liver.

A post mortem on Mrs Rae confirmed that her death was due to heart and respiratory failure as a result of the transplant operation as a consequence of the paracetamol overdose.

An inquest in Bury heard on Wednesday how Mrs Rae of The Drive, Edenfield, had separated from her husband six months earlier but had returned to her marital home five weeks before her death in September.

Coroner Mr Barrie Williams, who recorded a verdict of "suicide", said Mrs Rae had clearly indicated her intentions to take her own life.

"The transplant was the only remedy open to medical staff to try and save her life but her condition deteriorated and she died three days after the operation."

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