Mum heard screaming 'I'm going to die' in 999 call as she waited an hour for ambulance
dailystar.co.ukmother can be heard screaming "I'm going to die" as she was forced to wait over an hour for an ambulance. Bina Patel's son, Akshay Patel, 28, had made six calls to the emergency services for help during his mother's tragic final moments.In the newly released tapes, Akshay can be heard telling ambulance call handlers that his mother is "struggling" to breath after she woke up in the early hours of the night screaming his name, The Mirror reports.The situation was described as critical in the calls that followed, which was where he was told that he may have to wait up to "one and a half hours" due to the ambulance service being "busy".Akshay, from Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancs, can then be heard explaining that his 56-year-old mum's mouth has "gone all-white" as he continues to pleas for quicker assistance.In a tragic turn, the heartbroken son can be heard furiously venting his anger that an ambulance didn't arrive in time to save his mother – who had collapsed and become unresponsive.
The 56-year-old suffered a blockage in her heart, causing a stroke and then a heart attack which sadly killed her. Akshay tells call handlers: "I rang an hour ago for an ambulance as she had difficulty breathing, and now she's dead.
She's f**king dead."My mum's dead, thank you for the ambulance. Appreciate it."Four months on from the tragedy, Akshay is hoping to meet with health secretary Sajid Javid to discuss how the NHS could be improved to save more lives.
He said: "The [ambulance] crew that came, the people that work for the organisation, they do an amazing job."But the overall structure, the way it's been set up, and the way the money kind of trickles down is wrong."Adding: "Once we were clapping for the NHS throughout Covid.
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