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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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John Scheerhout

Gran who went to A&E with chest pains 'forced to wait 13 hours' for hospital bed

A gran who suffered a suspected heart attack was forced to wait 13 hours in a hospital A&E unit before being moved to a bed, her family has said.

The 59-year-old, from Sale, had felt poorly with chest pains and was driven to Wythenshawe Hospital by her daughter just after noon on Friday, according to her family.

She was triaged and had tests done but she was only moved to a bed at 1am, some 13 hours after she had arrived, during an extremely busy night at the hospital, her daughter Laura Hunter told the M.E.N.

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