A woman's sudden death as she was being moved from her hospital bed to a wheelchair was due to natural causes, an inquest heard.
Joan Blackwell, 63, of Iffley House, Iffley Turn, Oxford, who had a history of epilepsy, cognitive loss and suspected multiple sclerosis, died at the Radcliffe Infirmary on July 4 last year.
Staff nurse Jacqueline Groli- mund said she was informed when she came on duty that her patient had slept well during the night.
Mrs Grolimund washed and dressed Ms Blackwell and then used a hoist to move her from her bed to a wheelchair.
But within minutes she noticed that Ms Blackwell looked clammy and her lips were blue.
Ms Blackwell was pronounced dead by a doctor on the ward.
Her daughter, Clare Prout, said her mother was almost totally dependent on others and had very little mobility.
Prof Margaret Esiri, a neuropathologist at the hospital, said the most likely cause of Ms Blackwell's death was a blood clot on the lungs.
Prof Esiri said a previous fracture and Ms Blackwell's inability to move about on her own could have contributed to her death.
Coroner Nicholas Gardiner recorded a verdict that she died of natural causes.
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