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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Millie Bowles & Kelly-Ann Mills

Pneumonia-ridden grandad spends TWO days in hospital chair waiting to be seen

A grandad with pneumonia waited for more than two "uncomfortable and painful” days in a hospital waiting room chair to be seen by doctors.

Geoffrey Knell, who turns 80 in May, spent 55 hours stuck in a cramped consultation room at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Kent.

The grandfather-of-seven - who already has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - had been admitted with a chest infection at 7am on Sunday.

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