Strictly Come Dancing champion Rose Ayling-Ellis has answered back to 'upsetting' comments over the tragic case of a deaf widow calling for changes after paramedics were unable to tell her that her husband had died. Elizabeth Corbett, from Derby, was at work when she received a distressed video call from her young children to say her husband David, 51, had fallen ill.
When she got home, paramedics had arrived but could not explain to Mrs Corbett what had happened, and she says the emergency services wouldn't let her in the house because she couldn't explain who she was. Mrs Corbett, 43, eventually learned of her husband's death from a fatal heart attack via a FaceTime call to her employer. The receptionist spoke to the paramedics who told her that David had died.
East Midlands Ambulance Service has said it is "deeply sorry" for the experience and has offered its condolences to the family. Mrs Corbett, who was born without hearing, is now calling for all emergency workers to have sign language training and a fully charged iPad so that they can instantly connect to a qualified interpreter.
