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Patient at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital 'died as she pleaded with nurses to help her after getting head stuck in bed railing'
- Nurse Ann King told auxiliary worker: ‘Sit down - she’s fine’, hearing told
- By the time she was checked on the woman’s face had 'turned purple'
- King and ward manager Jeanette Coulson accused of series of blunders
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A patient died at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital as she pleaded with nurses ‘Help me’, a disciplinary hearing was told today.
The woman had got her head stuck between a bed railing and begged for help, but nurse Ann King told an auxiliary worker: ‘Sit down - she’s fine’, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) heard.
By the time she was checked on the woman’s face had turned purple and she could not be resuscitated, the NMC was told.
A patient died at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital as she pleaded with nurses 'Help me', a disciplinary hearing was told today
The nurse is also accused of failing to recognise that another patient, who subsequently died, was diabetic.
Mrs King and ward manager Jeannette Coulson are accused of making a number of blunders while working in the Trauma and Orthopaedics ward between 2005 and 2010.
Their alleged failings came to light when a Healthcare support worker known as (HCSWA) and another nurse known as (SNA) blew the whistle.
The woman who died in the railings had been admitted to the ward with a broken leg was said to be an alcoholic, and 'appeared to be agitated due to withdrawal'.
‘Patient A was in a side room and could not move from her bed without assistance due to her injury - she was awaiting surgery,’ said Rebecca Wood, for the NMC.
