Nurse blames herself for intensive care death

An intensive care nurse accused of failing to monitor a boy who died after a routine operation at Britain’s biggest private children’s hospital wept as she admitted she was partly responsible for this death. James Dwerryhouse suffered severe brain damage at the Portland Hospital when a blood saturation monitor was shut down for nearly three hours without a doctor’s permission on 26 August 2016. Anuradha Bhupathiraju, 64, denies manslaughter by gross negligence. Bhupathiraju tearfully told Southwark Crown Court: ‘I have…

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