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Lauren Harte

Woman dies after eight-hour wait for admission to hospital

An elderly woman died on Monday evening after her condition deteriorated in an ambulance while she waited for around eight hours to be admitted to a Northern Ireland hospital.

The woman was treated by medical staff and paramedics in the ambulance outside the Ulster Hospital while she waited for a bed to become available.

She subsequently died in the Emergency Department.

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