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Traumatised Scots OAP waited eight hours in back of ambulance outside of hospital

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A traumatised patient has received an apology from NHS bosses after telling of her “horrendous” experiences in a hospital she described as worse than the “third world”.

Jeanette Carden spent more than eight hours waiting outside Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital in the back of an ambulance before she was admitted.

But once inside, she faced a catalogue of issues, including being the lone female patient in a ward with five men. The 68-year-old also contracted E Coli during her stay.Jeanette, who suffers from chest condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, said: “It really was horrendous.

I would expect better in the third world.”Her ordeal began on September 9, when she was taken to hospital by ambulance.Jeanette, from the town’s

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