A much-loved mum-of-four "who had so much to look forward to" died after accidentally taking too many prescription drugs, an inquest heard.
Lindsey Raines, 39, was found unresponsive by her husband, with whom she'd gone to sleep in the early hours of the morning on April 30, 2020.
She had spent the evening before watching a movie with her nine-year-old stepdaughter before she and her husband Mark went to bed, Manchester Evening News reports.
But when Mark woke up from a long lie-in the next afternoon he found Lindsey "blue" and not breathing in the bed next to him.
He desperately shouted for his son to call an ambulance as his phone had died while he started CPR on her.
Paramedics then arrived and she was pronounced dead just after 4pm in the afternoon.
Lindsey, from Farnworth, had spent 16 years in the NHS and had been working as a healthcare assistant at the Royal Bolton Hospital before she died.
She had been married to Mark for five years and both had children from other relationships.
"She was a loving mother, very kind, she always put other people first and worked in the NHS for 16 years," he said.
"She put herself at risk through Covid, working extra shifts. We had our ups and downs but we worked though them.
"She was kind and passionate and she would help anyone."
The inquest, held on Tuesday at Bolton Coroners Court, heard that Lindsey had been taking a number of prescription medications.
Dr Patrick Waugh, consultant at the Royal Bolton Hospital, told the hearing that it was likely she had died as a result of large doses of a number of different drugs.
He explained that, while several of the medicines found in her system were at normal levels, others were not.
Lindsey had also been drinking heavily the night before her death.
Senior coroner Timothy Brennand said that this combination of alcohol and high doses of prescription drugs had caused a "fatal chain reaction", which had led the 39-year-old's heartbeat and breathing to slow down.
He added: "Looking at them individually, they are not there at fatal levels but they are there at excessive levels which means that by taking them together they have caused death here."
Dr Waugh said it was not possible to say exactly how many pills Lindsey had taken before she died but that it must have been a "substantial amount" because fragments of pills were found in her stomach.
He also explained that he found no unusual bruises or other evidence of outside involvement in her death.
The court heard that Lindsey has suffered from anxiety and depression.
Lindsey had been upset about legal arrangements which meant she could only see her other children once a week.
But, Mark told the hearing he did not think she intended to take her own life on the night of April 30.
"Lindsey had so much to look forward to," he said.
"She and I had our ups and downs but no matter what happened, we always came back together.
"In the short space of time we were together we made some wonderful memories."
Mark said he had woken up shortly before 4pm on the afternoon Lindsey died and noticed that she was lying in the bed next to him and was not moving.
"I was trying to wake her up, she looked blue and she wasn't responding," he explained.
Mark attempted CPR on Lindsey, before stopping to put a pair of trousers on her body as he wanted to "protect her dignity".
But, Dr Waugh said it was not possible to be sure when Lindsey had taken the pills which led to her death and when paramedics arrived they could only confirm that she had passed away.
Det Insp Jill Vescovi, who investigated Lindsey's death for Greater Manchester Police, said that there were no "suspicious circumstances" involved.
After hearing the evidence, the coroner concluded that the 39-year-old's death was accidental.
"This is a deliberate act, however I'm not satisfied that this was done with the intention of bringing her life to an end," Mr Brennand said.
"I'm of the view that this was a tragic accident."
He added: "This is a mother, wife, aunt, friend, and daughter that has been taken from this world far too soon.
"If there's an important message from this, it's that if you take alcohol there are circumstances and scenarios, particularly involving prescription drugs, where the risk is akin to playing Russian roulette."
Following the inquest, a representative from Lindsey's family said: "The family are happy with the outcome of the inquest, what happened was a tragic accident.
"Lindsey is missed very much by all of us and can now be at peace."
