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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sarah Ward & Graeme Murray

Great-gran, 87, taken to hospital on bin lid as she 'wasn't eligible' for ambulance

A great-gran was taken to hospital on a grit bin lid because she 'wasn't eligible' for ambulance.

Pamela Rolfe was walking her dog when she fell and passersby helped keep her warm by putting a duvet over her.

As the weather became windy and rainy her daughter Dawn Hamilton phoned to see where the ambulance was and was told 'due to the current crisis at the moment she doesn't qualify for an ambulance'.

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