text: A nurse has been suspended after she removed the alarm buzzer from a brain-damaged patient and told a disciplinary hearing she 'wasn't interested' in the case. Vanessa Kennard was suspended in her absence by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after failing to turn up at the hearing. She was one of three nurses charged with mistreating Grant Clarke, 45, at a rehabilitation unit at Sevenoaks Hospital in Kent. The father-of-three suffered a massive brain haemorrhage in May 2012, which left him paralysed on his life side, incontinent and unable to swallow or communicate. Grant Clarke, 45, suffered a brain haemorrhage in May 2012. It left him paralysed on his left side, incontinent and unable to swallow or communicate . Vanessa Kennard, one of the nurses caring for Mr Clarke at the West Kent Neuro-rehabilitation unit at Sevenoaks Hospital, has been suspended from her role for six months after being charged with misconduct . His family became concerned when they visited him at the West Kent Neuro-rehabilitation unit and discovered he smelled of urine and was becoming more and more depressed. His partner Binny Moore planted a secret camera in an iPod docking station. The footage captured revealed the shocking extent of neglect Mr Clarke was subjected to. It showed him looking on helplessly as one nurse dug into his feeding tubes with a biro pen, while another clip showed Ms Kennard pulling a help buzzer from his hands. Mr Clarke, a former IT company director, was also subjected to 'appalling' treatment and left in urine-soaked sheets, covered in faeces. Staff at the rehabilitation unit were also shown giving Mr Clarke drinks, despite him being strictly nil by mouth. When Ms Moore attempted to speak to a nurse about her partner's 'unacceptable care' she was allegedly told, 'point taken, but do bear in mind that we have eight other patients'. Mr Clarke, from West Kingsdown, was only moved to another unit after his family showed the footage to police, and he was removed from the unit under a court order. As a result of the filming, Ms Kennard, and her fellow nurses Marie Banwell and Sarah Corter, were all charged with misconduct. Ms Kennard faced 10 counts, including the removal of Mr Clarke's help buzzer, and telling Ms Moore her partner was too 'buzzer happy'. Concerned that Mr Clarke was being mistreated, his partner Binny Moore and family planted a secret camera in his room. It captured footage of Ms Kennard and colleagues failing to provide the accepted standard of care for Mr Clarke. One nurse was filmed cleaning his feeding tube with a pen, pictured . Ms Moore, pictured left, complained to the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust 26 times - 22 of those complaints were upheld . But the Nursing and Midwifery Council tribunal hearing in London was told Ms Kennard was not interested in the case, and 'doesn't care what happens'. The panel imposed an interim six-month suspension order in her absence. Deputy ward manager Ms Banwell admitted 13 charges but denies nine others - including one of cleaning the patient's feed tube with a biro pen. Ms Coulter, a ward manager, has admitted 13 charges and denies four others. The two-week fitness to practise hearing has concluded and the panel is still considering the cases against Ms Coulter and Ms Banwell. Mr Clarke's family complained to the trust 26 times - 22 of which were upheld. Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust said it was 'appalled' by what happened and suspended the nurses immediately in November 2012. The hearing will resume in July.
target: Grant Clarke, 45, was left brain-damaged after a brain haemorrhage in 2012 .
  Concerned about his welfare, his family planted a secret camera in room .
  Vanessa Kennard was one of three nurses charged with misconduct .
  She failed to appear at NMC hearing and was suspended for six months .