A 100-year-old woman with a severe head injury had to wait a gruelling 20 hours to be seen by a doctor at A&E in Swansea. The woman, from the Ravenhill area of the city, had fallen in her home while on the way to answer her front door on Tuesday, March 28.
In her fall, she unfortunately hit her head on a table, which caused a five inch, deep cut across the back of her head, her carer said. Whilst the carer administered first aid, she advised the elderly woman to press her medical alarm and a medic from St John Ambulance was called - and immediately advised she should be taken to hospital.
The woman, who unfortunately has no family in Swansea, was taken to Morriston A&E by her carer as no ambulances were available - and the pair arrived there and checked in at around 6.30pm on Tuesday evening. Shockingly, the elderly woman wasn't seen by a doctor until around 2pm on Wednesday afternoon - almost 20 hours later. You can get the biggest Swansea news stories straight to your inbox with our newsletter.
