Consultant microbiologist Dr Knowles told the inquest that when Mrs Halappanavar complained of feeling cold and shivery at 04:15 GMT on 24 October, all her vital signs should have been recorded but this did not happen.
Evidently speaking before news of President Anastasiades' new talks in Nicosia, Mrs Merkel also complained that the Cypriot government had not been in contact for days with the troika.
Mrs Lloyd said her father had not been washed or taken to the lavatory for the duration of his stay and complained that nurses had failed to give him the necessary hydration and antibiotics for 12 hours.