An 87-year-old who suffered a fall exterior was pressured to attend so lengthy for an ambulance that his household constructed a makeshift shelter round him.
The great-grandfasther, named solely as David, suffered a number of damaged bones together with a cracked pelvis when he fell within the grounds of his house in mid-Cornwall at 7.30pm on Monday.
His son-in-law Trevor advised BBC Radio Cornwall: “He was walking to the garage when he tripped and fell over.”
His daughter Karen advised the station she used a kids’s soccer aim, umbrellas and a tarpaulin to maintain him dry.
The pair referred to as 999 at 7.30pm on Monday – however an ambulance did not arrive on the home in St Columb Road, close to Newquay, till 11.30am on Tuesday.
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They say they referred to as 4 or 5 instances via the night time and had been assured paramedics could be with them “soon”.
The household say operators advised them to not transfer him – in case it made his accidents worse, which is why they constructed the shelter.
It comes amid prolonged ready instances for remedy in Cornwall, with sufferers saying they’ve waited exterior the county’s solely main hospital – the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske, Truro – for hours and even days.
David, of St Columb Road, is now recovering on the RCH. His household tweeted an image of the makeshift shelter.
Trevor mentioned: “He was walking to the garage when he tripped and fell over. That was 7.30pm on Monday.
“We dialled 999 however an ambulance did not arrive for over 15 hours.
“We kept ringing and they would say we will be with you soon. My wife was a nervous wreck.
“They stored telling us to not transfer him so we borrowed a soccer aim from subsequent door and used a tarpaulin. It was traumatizing.”
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and native Conservative MP Steve Double have been approached for remark.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk