Woman, 37, claims she 'died' for five minutes after waiting 2 hours in pain for ambulance

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hospital after an ambulance failed to pick her up..Natalie McMorran, 37, suffered a cardiac arrest in the A&E waiting room at University Hospitals Coventry which she believes could have been prevented.

Natalie began to complain of chest pains at 1am on March 22. and believing she was having a heart attack, got partner Thomas Tapping, 35, to call 999.With no sign of an ambulance after over two hours, the pair had to drive themselves to hospital where Natalie says her heart stopped for a full five minutes before she was resuscitated.Natalie from Rugby, Warwickshire said: "I was scared - I knew something was seriously wrong with me and the ambulance kept trying to brush it off."We waited two and a half hours for an ambulance before Thomas decided to take me to the hospital instead."We waited half an hour in A&E once we got there and I couldn't get comfy - I had to lie myself on the floor in this little corridor and people kept coming over and having a go at me."She continued: "I don't remember much after that as once I was back in the waiting room I had a fit and then a cardiac arrest."I was resuscitated after five minutes and moved to intensive care where I stayed for a week before being moved to CCU."The doctor said he wished I'd been seen sooner.

I feel like I've been let down and now I get out of breath just going to the car."It could have been dealt with better and if they'd picked up on it sooner it might have been different."Natalie then spent a week in intensive care and another week in CCU, with investigations into the cause of her arrest ongoing.The former betting shop worker says she had no pre-existing heart condition, but has since been diagnosed with coronary heart disease and had two stents fitted.