"Starving" patients clubbed together to buy a loaf of bread for the ward after being left for hours in A&E, it was claimed.
Tracey Elliott, 55, said she endured a horrific 48-hour ordeal while fearing she would be left permanently damaged after an emergency referral.
She wrote in her diary that she was left overnight in corridors before finally leaving without any answers about her concerning condition, the Manchester Evening News reports.