Flick 🇬🇧 on Nostr: I’m depressed to say that my reaction to this is mostly “oh, it’s happened in ...
I’m depressed to say that my reaction to this is mostly “oh, it’s happened in London too now?”
A few years ago, I waited twelve hours for an ambulance for a suspected heart attack, and a further twelve in A&E.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-appalling-truth-about-londons-ambulance-service/
‘Perhaps you didn’t understand – there’s an elderly lady lying on the cold street bleeding and needs an ambulance urgently…’
‘A paramedic will call you back within an hour,’ repeated the operator, quickly, and then actually cut me off. We had been talking for 27 minutes. […]
‘An ambulance is on its way,’ announced the operator – news that I relayed immediately to Daphne and our new young friends. ‘It will be with you within two-and-a-half hours.’
Nearly an hour had passed since I first called 999, 49 minutes of which I had spent on the line with London Ambulance. The young couple, shaking their heads in incredulity, summoned an Uber and volunteered to take Daphne to hospital themselves.
https://archive.ph/P5Ptt
A few years ago, I waited twelve hours for an ambulance for a suspected heart attack, and a further twelve in A&E.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-appalling-truth-about-londons-ambulance-service/
‘Perhaps you didn’t understand – there’s an elderly lady lying on the cold street bleeding and needs an ambulance urgently…’
‘A paramedic will call you back within an hour,’ repeated the operator, quickly, and then actually cut me off. We had been talking for 27 minutes. […]
‘An ambulance is on its way,’ announced the operator – news that I relayed immediately to Daphne and our new young friends. ‘It will be with you within two-and-a-half hours.’
Nearly an hour had passed since I first called 999, 49 minutes of which I had spent on the line with London Ambulance. The young couple, shaking their heads in incredulity, summoned an Uber and volunteered to take Daphne to hospital themselves.
https://archive.ph/P5Ptt