Older Woman Died On Hospital Trolley While Waiting For Admission To Hospital.

[sandyRoe]

This was in Belfast. Have similar deaths occurred across the UK?
How would our health service rate if compared with those of other European countries?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63616756

[jennyjoan]

hi Sandy - my cousin was telling me about an incident last week. The lady went to her local chapel to light a few candles - missed her footing and landed hard on the tiled floors. Phone call was made at 1pm - the ambulance came at 6pm. Apparently the call handler didn't put her call through. don't know whether she broke anything but somebody there at the chapel suspected a broken hip.

[Peter Pedant]

honestly I dont know why people dont use their cars....
( I did)

the problem with dying on a trolley is that the coroner may be moved to say, well he was gonna do that anyway.

( I did wait with a neighbour for 6 hr whilst the ambulane techs hung around saying he didnt need to go into Hospital. The telephone reg. said in front of me "40'c and aged 77? he needs to come in" - which I kinda new. and little flower of ambulance tech said - - - oh I cant carry him down the stairs) - [survived]