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Patient, 85, dies after nurse switches off loud heart alarm to FaceTime her family

An 85-year-old patient died after his nurse disconnected his heart monitor to FaceTime her family.

Geraldine Lumbo Dizon was working the night shift at Nepean Private Hospital in Kingswood, Sydney on July 29, when she received a call from her relatives and switched off the sound to the monitor.

A New South Wales Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal also found that she failed to warn doctors of the patient's irregular heart rhythm moments before the incident.

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