THE death of a 56-year-old man from Newport who died at his home in May last year was alcohol-related, an inquest has concluded.
Andrew Casagrande, of Clarence Place, died on Saturday, May 26, 2018.
In a statement read out at an inquest this week, Emma Evans, a worker at the housing association Pobl Group, said Mr Casagrande returned to his bed-sit at 12.05am with "a severely bruised left eye" and said he had been feeling dizzy.
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“I suggested he got to the hospital, but he refused," she said. "I called NHS Direct and they suggested I check on him every so often, and I stayed with him for about 45 minutes.
“I left him at about 12.45am.
“At 1.15am, I went back into the room and found him lying on the floor on his back and I could hear a long exhalation.
“I started CPR and called an ambulance.”
Paramedics arrived within four minutes, but could not revive him.
A post-mortem examination showed Mr Casagrande had a “severely fatty liver, which was caused by chronic alcohol use,” said head coroner for Gwent Caroline Saunders.
The cause of death was recorded as as “sudden cardiac death of a man with a fatty liver”.
Ms Saunders concluded his death was alcohol-related.
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