Addenbrooke’s nurse who stole £100k from elderly patients jailed

Police said other patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital also reported thefts.

These included reports of a bank card and several cheques going missing, which belonged to a 74-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s.

The woman died a week after she was discharged and the missing items were reported by her daughter.

Ramasta also tried to cash in one cheque when he was suspended from work.

He forged the elderly woman’s signature and spelt her surname incorrectly, police said.

On the dates the cheques were written the woman was bedbound and suffering from multiple organ failure.

Police said she was incapable of holding a pen at the time.

Ramasta attempted to cash the cheque three times and used the card to buy £2.70 worth of food from a hospital vending machine.

He was arrested and interviewed on 4 May 2022 but initially denied the allegations.

A week later, police were contacted about a third victim, an 85-year-old woman whose bank cards were stolen from her purse and used.

The woman’s family described her as extremely vulnerable and lacking mental capacity.

Checks by her family revealed her bank card had been used 11 times, between 18 April and 26 April to spend £203.29.

She had been on the same ward as Ramasta’s second victim.