Staff at the hospital where an elderly woman died in an ambulance due to long queues say it is like a 'warzone'. Last month, the MEN reported that a woman sadly passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest outside Fairfield General Hospital three hours after the ambulance had arrived with her inside.
The elderly patient died in the back of the ambulance Greater as there were no beds available inside, according to NHS sources.
Since the tragedy, staff members say ambulance queues have not improved. One frustrated paramedic, sitting in a long line of stationary ambulances told them: “It’s like a war zone in there at the moment.”
