{"id":75119,"date":"2023-03-09T20:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-zimbabwean-nurse-found-dead-after-night-shift-had-profound-and-fatal-level-of-alcohol-in-system"},"modified":"2023-03-09T20:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:30:48","slug":"uk-zimbabwean-nurse-found-dead-after-night-shift-had-profound-and-fatal-level-of-alcohol-in-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-zimbabwean-nurse-found-dead-after-night-shift-had-profound-and-fatal-level-of-alcohol-in-system","title":{"rendered":"UK: Zimbabwean Nurse Found Dead After Night Shift Had \u201cProfound And Fatal\u201d Level Of Alcohol In System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A Zimbabwean-born nurse who was found by his wife unresponsive in bed in the United Kingdom in October 2022 had a \u201cprofound and fatal\u201d level of alcohol in his system, a post-mortem has revealed.<\/p>\n

The Yorkshire Evening Post reported that Stephen \u201cStavo\u201d Chidawa (45) had finished a night shift and had gone to bed at the couple\u2019s Gipton home in the morning on 21 October 2022.<\/p>\n

He was found by his wife, Stacy Chidawa unresponsive in bed around 12 PM that same day.<\/p>\n

An inquest into Chidawa\u2019s death held at Wakefield Coroner\u2019s Court this week heard evidence from his wife and a work colleague.<\/p>\n

They both said he showed no signs of being drunk that day and there were no empty bottles in the house.<\/p>\n

Stacy, who was married to Stavo for 15 years, said he enjoyed a social drink but was not drinking secretly and knew instantly when he was drunk.<\/p>\n

Recording an open verdict, senior coroner Kevin McLoughlin said:<\/p>\n

It would be easier to fathom if you found lots of empty alcohol bottles but there was nothing. I would expect paramedics to say there was a profound smell of alcohol from him but there was no mention of it.<\/p>\n

We are left with a mystery. It is one of the highest levels I have ever seen and I must confess, I\u2019m stumped.<\/p>\n

The circumstances are so bizarre. It\u2019s unlikely he was hiding a secret habit.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sufficiently puzzled as to where he could get such a quantity of alcohol.<\/p>\n

Chidawa was found to have 523 mlgs of alcohol in 100 mls of urine. McLoughlin said the limit for driving is 107 mlgs.<\/p>\n

There were also traces of sedative drugs, zolpidem and clonazepam.<\/p>\n

Stacy, who is a hospital social worker, said her husband arrived at their Beech Mount home at around 9 AM, showered, and then went to bed.<\/p>\n

She said at around 12 noon she heard him sneezing and went to see him, tried to wake him but was \u201clifeless\u201d. Stacy said:<\/p>\n

He did not smell alcohol, there were no clues. When he was intoxicated you could see it.<\/p>\n

Maybe he could fool someone else, but I would pick up on it if he had a drink.<\/p>\n

If I had seen him intoxicated I would have been asking questions, but he didn\u2019t present that way.<\/p>\n

Chidawa left Zimbabwe for the UK in 1998 to study nursing at Leeds University.<\/p>\n

He later worked at numerous hospitals, including the Newsam Centre in Seacroft and Lynfield Mount Hospital in Bradford.<\/p>\n

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