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Nathan Bevan & Charlie Duffield

'I strapped my grandad to a plank of wood and took him to hospital as 999 were too busy'

A woman says she was forced to strap her grandad to a wood plank and drive him to hospital after he fell and broke his hip.

Nicole Lea said she took the drastic action after she was told there were no ambulances available to help Melvyn Ryan.

Ms Lea from Pontypool said she discovered the 89-year-old lying on the floor at his home in Cwmbran on Friday in the early morning.

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