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Originally Posted by maxthecollie
I know that when I dialled 999 when my 87 year old mother fell and broke her wrist and could not get up, it took one and a half hours for the paramedics to turn up after several calls.
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Originally Posted by westendlass
About eighteen months ago my son became ill, vomited and collapsed to the floor. We rang an ambulance straight away and was asked by the operator if he was conscious. We explained that he was but very confused and could barely get up from the floor,on that reply we were told they wouldn't send an ambulance and that a nurse would ring back for a chat! In a panic, we managed to get him in to my daughters car and set off to A and E and received the nurses call half way there. She sounded shocked when I explained his condition and her advice? 'If happens again, stop driving and call an ambulance'! He spent the rest of the day on a drip in hospital. What a joke.
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I started this thread to escape the seriousness of the other sections (for a bit of a laugh),however after ready these comments I think someone should start a emergency services thread.From what I see there's (at least) two members here with fine examples of being let down by the services put in place to help in a crisis.further to that,Not only do they feel let down they feel like the services took the hit an miss (rhyming slang).
It gets my back up and my bloods starting to boil
