AN elderly woman died in hospital after suffering a fall, an inquest heard.

Mary Frances Dickerson, 93, of Brendoncare Otterbourne Hill, Otterbourne, was admitted to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester after arriving by ambulance. She died shortly afterwards on August 18 last year.

A post-mortem by Dr Adnan Al-Badri reported that the causes of death were cardiac respiratory failure, hyper tension, heart disease, the frailty of old age and a broken hip and two ribs due to a fall.

Senior coroner Chris Wilkinson adjourned the inquest to March 26.