A "healthy" dad told his wife that he was "scared" over the phone before he tragically died of a heart attack following a near two-hour ambulance wait. Michael Wright, 33, was rushed to hospital after collapsing at home but despite medics' best efforts he sadly passed away that night, the Stoke Sentinel reports.
Now his heartbroken wife Vicki has slammed the NHS waiting times as she claims that the tragedy could have been "avoidable" if her husband had not waited so long for help. Vicki was not able to say goodbye to Michael as she had been out at the time with their kids and when she raced to the hospital she was told by medics that he was gone.
The father of four - who rang 999 after suffering excruciating pains in his chest and vomiting - quickly deteriorated during the one hour and 45 minute wait for paramedics on January 17. When he was eventually taken to hospital, it was confirmed that he had experienced a heart attack.
