Sick children had to sit on the floor to await treatment after parents worried by Strep A swamped an A&E department.
Shocked mum Chloe Brewer, 35, who photographed the scene, said staff looked “broken” as they struggled to manage the numbers.
Some youngsters endured waits of more than six hours sitting or lying on the cold floor at Peterborough City Hospital before being seen even by a triage nurse.
