A patient who waited 26 hours to be treated in a Welsh A&E department has described her experience as "barbaric" and "like a warzone". Julianne Williams, who had been suffering with gynaecological issues including abdominal pain, sickness and a high temperature, said she was told to visit Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil when her symptoms failed to subside.
Although she was triaged within minutes, the 54-year-old claimed the scene changed from "calm to carnage" as soon as she opened the double doors of the A&E waiting room. She described scores of people, many of whom were on trolleys and in corridors, waiting to be seen in the heavily overcrowded unit.
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