A horror story out of the United Kingdom shows just how close the British healthcare system is to collapse.
On Tuesday, the UK Daily Mail printed a horrific story about a 93-year-old woman in Wales who broke her hip and was left lying on the ground for 25 hours while waiting for help.
According to the report, Elizabeth Davies fell and broke her hip, and lay on the floor screaming in pain for 25 hours while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
Mike reacts emotionally to the story of 93-year-old Elizabeth Davies who was left lying in pain on the floor with a hip injury for 25 hours waiting for an ambulance.
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The horrors only continued after the ambulance finally arrived and took Davies to a hospital in Bangor, Wales.
There, she had to endure another 12-hour wait before being admitted to a ward.
Her son Ian told the Daily Mail, “It was very upsetting to have to see her lying on the floor screaming in pain for over 24 hours.”
The Welsh ambulance service later apologized, blaming the delay on winter weather and increased demand.
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This horror story comes amid the largest strike by employees of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) since the 1980’s.
The Daily Mail also reports that the UK Health Minister has urged citizens to not call an ambulance unless their lives are at risk and to not engage in “risky activity.”
Meanwhile, the BBC is reporting that amid the strikes, ambulance delays have hit a new high in England.
The Mail reports that soldiers are being prepared for major action. They are being trained to fill in for striking ambulance workers during the strike.
This is not the only problem currently confronting public services in the United Kingdom. The country has also been hit with strikes from…
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