Only Fools and Horses star 'gives up' after 10 hour A&E wait amid cancer battle
ok.co.ukPatrick Murray has taken to social media to complain after he was left waiting for ten hours in A&E, before giving up and going home.
The Only Fools and Horses star, 66, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, shared that he was advised to go to A&E by his doctor after running a high temperature during chemotherapy.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: "Ten hours waiting in A&E is unacceptable. I gave up and went home.The workers are wonderful, but the system is seriously flawed.The NHS needs fixing, not hollow promises." While most commenters expressed sympathy for the actor, one suggest that perhaps he shouldn't have gone to A&E, replying: "If you’re well enough to give up and go home maybe you didn’t need to be there in the first place." After being accused of being a troll the Twitter user added: "Maybe try the doctors or pharmacist next time.
A&E is full of people who don’t need to be there and could use alternatives. You said yourself you gave up and went home which suggests it wasn’t urgent." Hitting back at the criticism, Patrick wrote: "I was sent there by the chemotherapy dept because I was running a fever.
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