Pensioner left in A&E corridor for 60 hours amid NHS crisis

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A jaundiced pensioner has been left in A&E for 60 hours her concerned son revealed as the NHS crisis spirals further out of control.Nick Harman said his 88-year-old mother Maureen spent two days in a queue to be put on a ward at Wigan Infirmary in Greater Manchester after being sent there by her GP having suffered jaundice for more than a week, which could be a sign of liver problems or a tumour.While Nick, 56, said the staff had been brilliant, he described its A&E as like a war zone and explained: “It’s not acceptable in this day and age in Britain.

She is sitting on her bed, she’s getting uncomfortable, there are people in corridors, there are people coming in escorted by police, drug addicts and things."Your dignity is gone.

You’re doing things in the corridor, with people who are strangers. You have to deal with the illness and worrying about your mother plus the dignity side of things, too.”Nick, a health and safety consultant, said Maureen was not the only one waiting in the corridors, with several other patients on gurneys and trolleys around her.

After arriving on February 10, the Harmans were shocked to be told there was a 49-hour wait for beds.As of Thursday night, Maureen was still waiting for scans to help determine the cause of her prolonged bout of jaundice.