A grieving husband has attacked A&E [Accident & Emergency] services for prioritising drunk patients, after his seriously sick wife waited five hours to see a doctor.
Laura Martin, 39, was sent home after a brief consultation only to return with her husband Andrew a few hours later when her condition worsened.
The couple then waited a further two hours before the mother-of-two was seen again, by which time her condition had deteriorated. She died from lung failure later that day caused by a mysterious illness.
Mr Martin, 41, said the outcome might have been different if the hospital had not been inundated with Saturday night revellers.
‘The A&E was overrun, because it was the weekend everyone came in from a drinking night,’ he told MailOnline.
‘I saw one lady brought in by two friends who was seated slumped over her chair, but after a while she seemed to get better and they went out to call a cab without even seeing a doctor.
‘The doctors called out five or six names where no one responded because they had all left.
‘You should get some priority if you are seriously ill.’
His plea comes just months after the chief of Accident & Emergency health called for clubs and pubs to employ their own paramedics because A&E units are being swamped by drunks.
When going to the emergency room is “free,” every turd with a headcold will show up to increase the lines. And seriously, whatever happened to the drunk tanks?
In other news, my gallbladder surgery has finally be scheduled for end of February, which will bring the total waiting time to SIXTEEN months.
Congratulations! Good luck. Will they let you keep the stones as a souvenir afterwords?
Luckily you don’t need your gallbladder removed immediately. Good luck with the surgery btw.