INQUEST HEARS OAP LIKELY TO HAVE 'SURVIVED'

A PENSIONER died during heart surgery after a 10-minute power cut in the operating theatre, an inquest heard.

- by WILL STONE

Jean Dye, 77, was at the crucial stage of the procedure when the electricity went down - meaning doctors could not see vital X-rays.

Five years after her death, a coroner called the delay in restoring power a “critical factor in her death”.