Man, 87, forced to wait 15 HOURS for ambulance under makeshift shelter as distraught family says 'system is broken'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A heartbroken family have told of their agonising 15-hour wait for an ambulance as their cancer-stricken dad lay shivering in a makeshift tent on a rainswept concrete floor.

Retired welder David Wakeley, 87, who suffers from prostate cancer, is fighting for his life in hospital after falling at his home in Cornwall on Monday night.

Left reeling in the following days, his shocked family are now demanding answers and lay the blame squarely on the government, reports the Mirror .

Son-in-law Trevor Crane, 64, said: “The system is just broken. “As a family we know the NHS staff are great and trying their best but you have to ask how things like this keep happening?