Heartbroken mum died just hours after tragic death of her five-month-old son

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A heartbroken mum died just hours after her five-month-old baby son passed away, an inquest into the pair's deaths has heard.Viktorija Mardosiene was screaming "kill me" while rocking back and forth after her son tragically died having been admitted to a mental health unit shortly after his death.Emergency services rushed to the home the of 32-year-old shared with her young son, Kevin Deguitas, on August 9 last year.

The Latvian national called 999 to say Kevin was cold and not breathing.Medics battled to save him but he was pronounced dead after arriving at Royal Stoke University Hospital, with the cause of death now thought to be 'co-sleeping', where a child dies unexpectedly while sleeping with the parent.Viktorija, from Dunkirk, checked into the mental health unit as she was struggling to come to terms with her loss - but while there, she went into cardiac arrest and died at the same hospital as her son.

The inquest into their deaths have been opened with "further research needed" by North Staffordshire coroner Duncan Richie, Stoke on Trent Live reports.

PC Tyler Lowe gave a statement during the inquest into the baby's death. He described the harrowing moment paramedics were working on the youngster while police watched on. "The living room was extremely cluttered with boxes and toys all over the floor," he said. "We heard from the paramedics that he was not getting any air and a tube was inserted into his mouth and throat."We approached Viktorija to make inquiries, she said 'no English'.