A 43-year-old woman died in her sleep just hours after an ambulance, which was a mere six minutes away from her home, was canceled, according to an inquest into the tragic incident.
Karen Ovenell, a mother of two boys from Kent, experienced sharp pains in her chest on August 15 as her symptoms intensified. She described feeling pain in her neck, arms, and ears, prompting her to call 999. Before the emergency call, Karen had been suffering from sharp, shooting pains for about a week – symptoms that can often be mistaken for mere tiredness, but in her case, were warning signs of what some medical experts refer to as a ‘silent heart attack.’
