"Overwhelmed, dangerously overcrowded and working consistently under pressure in a system that’s completely broken."
Dr Calvin Lightbody is an A&E consultant who doesn’t procrastinate when asked to encapsulate a day in the life of medics at the busy emergency department of one of Lanarkshire’s three acute hospitals.
As he spoke to Lanarkshire Live early on an exceptionally busy Tuesday afternoon, there were seven patients who’d been waiting for more than 12 hours in the A&E unit at University Hospital Hairmyres, four of whom were aged over 80.
