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Lauren Davidson & Chloe Burrell

Frail and elderly mother left screaming in agony as she waited 10 hours for ambulance

A frail and elderly mother was left waiting for an ambulance for ten hours as she screamed out in agony - because there were "no ambulances available".

On the morning of April 24, Stuart Donald was alerted by a care provider that his mother had pushed the alarm button that she wears around her neck in case of an emergency, as she could not put weight on her legs and get out of bed.

Grimsby Live reports that Stuart said: "My mum's husband - my stepfather - died last year in a care home, so she went through all the restrictions of looking through the window and only having six people at the funeral. So she's been through all that. Life has not been good for my mother.

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