A mum-of-two has claimed she was forced to wait on a hard chair in the A&E for three days after breaking her ankle. Leah Rees was rushed to hospital on January 16 after breaking her ankle while out with friends.
After initially being triaged, given an X-ray and a leg cast, the 26-year-old says she was told to stay in the NHS emergency department and wait for a bed to open up on a ward, WalesOnline reports. READ MORE: Family heartbroken after Salford student killed by man who downed 10 pints and drove 'like a maniac' However, she claims she spent a "nightmare "three days on an "uncomfortable" chair in the unit and she was told to not eat or drink in case she needed an urgent ankle operation.
She said: "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.
I couldn't even walk to go to the toilet. "I just felt like I was ignored for three days." Leah, who was waiting in The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, Wales, claimed when she was finally seen by a doctor he said the wrong cast had been put on her which led to her leg swelling up.
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