A grandad with pneumonia and COPD waited for more than two days in a chair to be seen by doctors at hospital. Geoffrey Knell, who turns 80 in May, spent 55 “uncomfortable and painful” hours stuck in a cramped consultation room.
The grandfather-of-seven - who already has COPD - had been admitted with a chest infection at 7am on Sunday. He was later diagnosed with pneumonia but was not given a bed until 2:30pm on Tuesday.
Paul Knell, his son, said his father, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), barely slept while in the chair and was not given a single hot meal while waiting for a bed. Paul said: "He had two nights of sleep deprivation. He was with seven other people in a consultation room with no privacy.
