A grieving widow has spoken of her agonising wait for answers, more than five months after her husband's death. Michael Collins passed away on Thursday, June 9, of a suspected cardiac arrest after collapsing at his home in Bulwell.
Karen Collins, Michael's widow, says on that evening Michael began asking her if they had anything in the house for indigestion, but the couple called for an ambulance soon after as Michael was struggling with chest pains. Karen, who is retired but formerly worked at QMC as an administrative assistant at the eye clinic, was told there would be a two-hour wait for an ambulance, so the couple decided they were going to get a taxi to the hospital.
Michael made his way upstairs to get dressed, but shortly after he went, Karen says she heard "the biggest bang on the floor" and found her husband had collapsed. She again called 999 and an ambulance arrived within five minutes.
