Scots pensioner left on trolley in hospital A&E hallway for 17 hours
dailyrecord.co.ukAn Edinburgh hospital has been slammed after an elderly woman was left in a corridor for 17 hours before being treated by medical staff.
The son of the 88-year-old says he feared losing his mum after she was left in the corridor at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh while suffering from an infection that medics had classed as an 'emergency situation'.
Shockingly the delays didn't begin at the hospital with the family made to wait two hours for an ambulance despite being told by NHS 24 that it was necessary to transport the elderly patient safely.
Speaking anonymously to Edinburgh Live, he said: "My mum took ill on Sunday night. We phoned NHS24 and there was then a two hour wait for an ambulance that arrived around 1am Monday and took her in right away. "The doctor had assessed her and said they were arranging a bed so I left the hospital at 3am.
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