Frightened man with excruciating back pain 'thought he would die' during five-hour ambulance wait

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A man states that he was left terrified and in agony for five hours with severe back pain before an ambulance arrived. Adam Jirjees woke up in excruciating pain and unable to walk on May 20 and called for an ambulance just after 10am.

He was told that there would be a two-hour wait. However, it was to get worse as the ambulance did not show up to his home in Hull until 3pm, Hull Live reports.

That meant that Adam had a five-hour wait until he was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary. Ironically, his home was only a short distance from the hospital but he was unable to get there by any other means.

Adam had a further wait in the hospital but says that once he was seen to, the staff were very good.He was later diagnosed with having a slipped disc and received surgery and is now recovering at home.He said: “I woke up in the morning and I could not walk.