LEMSIP TRAGEDY Mum dies from liver failure after accidentally overdosing on LEMSIP
A New Zealand-born mother-of-one has died from liver failure after drinking too much Lemsip and unintentionally overdosing on paracetamol. Joan Ita Bergin, 58, was living in the United Kingdom last December when she developed a cough and bad chest that lasted for close to a week, the Daily Mail reported. During that time she took Lemsip cold and flu drink to manage the symptoms. But on Christmas Day, Bergin\'s son called an ambulance after seeing his mum\'s condition deteriorate. Bergin had been vomitting coffee-coloured bile and was found to have low oxygen levels and \"significantly elevated\" liver enzymes, the Daily Mail reported. The mother-of-one was taken to intensive care and diagnosed with liver failure. However, she continued to deteriorate and died on January 7.An inquest was held into Bergin\'s death at the UK\'s Preston Coroner\'s Court. It was told that Bergin also