A pensioner was forced to wait 15 hours in a "packed" A&E department before seeing a doctor after injuring herself in a car crash. Linda Webb, 74, said she couldn't believe how many people were crowded into the emergency department when she had hurt herself, and said NHS staff just "cannot handle it" amid huge pressures on the service.
Linda had to wait hours at the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) A&E on July 20 after a car smashed into the back of her vehicle in Coventry, leaving her fearing a metal plate in her neck may have moved out of place, CoventryLive reports. Even though she arrived at the hospital at around 2.30pm, Linda was shocked to see the A&E was "chock-a-block" with people and there were no seats available.
After waiting for three hours while sat in a wheelchair, Linda was finally seen by a trauma nurse who said she would have to see a doctor - meaning a further wait of 10 hours in the crowded department overnight with her husband. She had to wait even longer after the seeing the doctor because she needed to have scans to check for any serious damage.
