Nurses and staff at hospitals are at "breaking point" as patients wait for days in hospital corridors amid a deepening NHS crisis.
Yesterday, the ECHO published a harrowing picture of patients lining the corridor of the new Royal Liverpool Hospital in a symbol of the enormous pressures facing the health service right now. The image was taken by Liverpool Councillor Barry Kushner, who waited for over 24 hours with his 92-year-old relative to be admitted to a ward.
Speaking about what he witnessed in the hospital, the Labour councillor told the ECHO : "It is so grim. I am so upset about it. I've never seen a hospital in this state.
