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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Noyce

Crying grandmother begged family to let her die after 33-hour wait on hospital trolley

REUTERS

A 92-year-old crying grandmother asked her family to let her die as she waited for 33 hours on a trolley for a hospital bed.

Graeme Smith, 37, told the Liverpool Echo of his grandmother’s agonising wait. An ambulance was called to her care home on New Year’s Eve after she became unwell, though it took “hours” to arrive. Eventually, she arrived at Aintree University Hospital at 9pm.

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