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Nick Statham & Hollie Bone

Asthmatic man struggling to breathe 'lay waiting for 10 hours on floor of A&E'

The partner of man who was left laying on the floor of A&E struggling to breathe for 10 hours has slammed the ordeal as "horrendous" and called for "massive" change to the NHS.

Dave Moth, 30, from Middleton, Manchester, was rushed to hospital by his partner Becka Jackson, 30, after he began vomiting and short of breath, Manchester Evening News reports.

Concerned Becka, a transport manager, called 111 at around 9pm on June 7 and answered a series of "vague" questions before being told an out of hours doctor would call back within six hours.

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