A pregnant woman suffering chest pains claims she was forced to sit on the floor in the waiting area at Wales' newest A&E department due to excessive overcrowding. Jade Jefferies described the conditions at The Grange University Hospital as "third world" and said more staff are urgently needed.
The 30-year-old said she was told to visit the Cwmbran-based A&E on Thursday, November 10, by her consultant haematologist due to fears she may have a blood clot on her lung. When she arrived at about 2.30pm she said the waiting room was uncomfortably cramped and full of unwell people.
"There were people absolutely everywhere, some sat on the floor, some in wheelchairs. At one point there was a queue out the door of people trying to check in," she said. "In the time I was there I saw a lady become unconscious who had to be taken away, I saw a lady bleeding all over the floor, and another sat there being sick solidly for hours. It was all very scary. It was like a third-world country, that's how I would describe it."
