Blackandamber wrote: December 20th, 2022, 3:31 pm
On Saturday night my wife thought she was having another heart attack. Rang 999 but no ambulance available. One of the worst feelings of helplessness. Fortunately the chest pain went off after 30 minutes as I was unable to get her in the car. Doctor rang me back after 4 hours still advising A&E. There were about 100 people waiting at Grange, with only 40 very hard chairs. People standing or sitting or lying on floor. Waited 14 hours before being given all clear. 13 ambulances with patients at A&E all with engines running all night. What a nightmare. It really is disgraceful and there wasn't even an ambulance strike at the time.
Even before the current crisis..................................I took my wife to Hospital ( The Gwent ) as she had had a Heart Attack.......We had to sit in Casualty for over 14 Hours before she was finally diagnosed as actually having one.
We saw the Triage Nurse about half an hour after we arrived and then absolutely nothing until about half an hour before they were about to change shift, then it was 100 MPH testing her blood pressure etc............Strange how when the Consultant arrived they diagnosed that she was in a critical condition and moved their arses.
All the time we were there waiting there was a young girl there absolutely out of her face through booze and drugs and they showed her more care.
If after they had finally diagnosed that she had had a bad heart attack and needed an operation they hadnt been so good with her I would have made an official complaint and it was so obvious that she was in a bad way at the time.
Even then i was quoted three hours wait for an Ambulance and that was pre Covid