A teacher who suffered a sudden seizure at work slept on the floor in A&E during a "traumatic" 18-hour stay only to be sent home without treatment. Alicja Wojtowicz, from Newtown, Powys, collapsed at an open evening in her further education college on Thursday, June 16.
Thankfully a first-aider was on the scene to put her into the recovery position while an ambulance was called. However, as only one paramedic attended to assess her, Alicja was put in the back of her partner's car and driven to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital around an hour away.
She claims she then spent 18 uncomfortable hours in the waiting room of A&E before being told she'd have to go home as there were no free beds - despite her needing a test to check for possible epilepsy. She was eventually discharged home, in a confused state, and three weeks on is still none the wiser as to why she had the "frightening" episode.
