Nurses failed to alert doctors to dying patient

A Russian patient who came to the UK for a routine operation died after two nurses at a private hospital failed to alert doctors to her deteriorating condition, a tribunal heard. The 65-year-old woman suffered two cardiac arrests several days after hernia surgery at Spire Alexandra Hospital, Chatham, Kent. Lynda Collard and Kehilwe Mayne both cared for the woman in the hours immediately after her routine surgery on 3 and 4 December, 2011, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. The…