A Downpatrick mum has called for politicians to step up and support the health service after her son endured a nightmare 10-hour wait in A&E at The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
The woman, who wished not to be named, told Belfast Live she and her husband took their son to A&E at the RVH in the early hours of Sunday.
The six-year-old autistic boy had to sleep on the tiles of the foyer to the waiting area, and left the hospital over 10 hours later without having been seen by a doctor and was later diagnosed with Strep A.
