A 90-year-old great-gran was left 'freezing' in the back of an ambulance for more than three hours, say her worried family. The frail patient was rushed to a Greater Manchester emergency department in crippling pain following a fall, and faced huge delays after reportedly being told staff could not check her in due to IT issues.
The gran-of-10's family claim she was left on a bed in a corridor for another two hours when she was eventually brought into the ward. Royal Oldham Hospital is among four A&E's in the region plagued by two-weeks of IT chaos, wreaking havoc with even the most basic tasks. The elderly patient has been recovering from a hip replacement when she fell and seriously injured the other side of her body.
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