News by Clarissa Bye and Danielle Gusmaroli 15th Feb 2021 8:51 PM
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Subscriber only A horrific medical incident at a Sydney hospital, in which an elderly man who breathed through an opening in his neck died after a nurse covered it up with a bandage, highlights the problem of accidents in hospitals, a safety campaigner says. Two nurses involved in the incident at Randwick s Prince of Wales Hospital were found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct last month. The complaint against the senior nurse was found to be sufficiently serious to justify suspension or cancellation of her registration . Nurse Nelley Youssef was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct in relation to a patient’s death at Prince of Wales Hospital.