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'It should have been safe’: twin of woman found under coat in A&E says death avoidable
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
She sat through the night at Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham after arriving at 10.30pm on 19 January with severe headache, dizziness, high blood pressure and vomiting.
When Briede moved back home in 2008, her twin sister stayed on, gaining GCSEs, steady work in Nottingham and becoming the mother of two sons, now aged 13 and 11.
Rublite called for an ambulance but was told none were available, and as she was too ill to drive, she asked her work colleague and nextdoor neighbour, Rasa Balzonyt, to take her.
On that evening, she said Rublite felt dizzy and threw up during the drive to hospital, and when they arrived at about 10.30pm she was checked over by a nurse who took her temperature and blood pressure.
Calculations by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) found that almost 14,000 people died needlessly last year in England while waiting in A&E for up to 12 hours.
Dr Keith Girling, medical director at Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust, which includes the QMC, said: “I offer my sincere condolences to the family at this difficult time.
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