A RETIRED professor died following complications with his diabetes, an inquest heard.

Herefordshire Coroner's Court was told Mohammed Adal, aged 81, had poorly managed diabetes.

Dr Adal, from Kempton Avenue, Hereford, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1982, which he controlled with insulin.

But on January 11, he was admitted to Hereford County Hospital unconscious, after not administering insulin all day.

He never fully regained consciousness and died on January 12.

One of his two daughters, Naeema Willis, told the inquest her father regularly slept on the floor in his bedroom and would sometimes sleep during the day and be up at night.

Her sister lived with Dr Adal and on January 11 spoke over the telephone to Mrs Willis, who lives in Uxbridge, and said their father had been sleeping all day on his bedroom floor.

An ambulance was then called and he was admitted into hospital shortly before midnight.

Consultant physician Janet Lloyd at Hereford Hospital said Dr Adal's wife had died in June 2014 and he had recently become frail.

She said family told her he had talked about wanting to join his wife and not been taking his medication properly.

Mrs Willis told the inquest that her dad did not eat the right food to help control his diabetes.

She said they all missed their mum and her dad would say things about joining his wife, but she said this did not mean he wanted to take his own life.

She said he looked forward to her visits and loved seeing his grandchildren.

Mrs Willis added: "My dad was a survivor. He was a refugee in the Far East."

Mark Bricknell, coroner for Herefordshire, said Dr Adal died of pulmonary edema, which is an acute build-up of fluid on the lungs, ischaemic heart disease, metabolic acidosis and diabetic acidosis with underlying acute kidney injury and type 2 diabetes.

He added: "I am satisfied he didn't intend to take his own life. I find very little evidence of that."

Mr Bricknell recorded a verdict of accidental death.