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Mum left on chair in A&E for three days with 'excruciating' broken ankle

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A young mum claims she was left in "excruciating pain" while waiting for three days in A&E with a broken ankle during a "nightmare" experience.

Leah Rees suffered a freak accident while out with friends on Sunday, January 16, which led to her being rushed to The Grange University Hospita l in Cwmbran by ambulance.

The 26-year-old was then triaged, sent for an X-Ray and fitted with a leg cast, after which she was told to wait in the emergency department for a ward bed to become available.

However, the mum-of-two ended up spending three days on an "uncomfortable" chair, where she was told not to eat or drink as she required urgent ankle surgery, Wales Online reports. "I was in excruciating pain, I was given no rest for my leg or any pillows, and I was absolutely starving because I was nil by mouth.

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