Woman, 22, in agonising pain forced to use coat as pillow on floor for five hours as she waited

Yahoo News ^ | January 16, 2018 | Andy Wells

[nickcarraway]

Woman, 22, in agonising pain forced to use coat as pillow on floor of A&E for five hours as she waited for a bed

A woman used a coat as a pillow as she lay on the floor of A&E in agonising pain for five hours as there were no beds available.

Kyra Dew, suffers from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and was rushed to hospital last week after collapsing at home while she recovered from an operation.

The 22-year-old, from Leominster, Herefordshire, started suffering stabbing pains on 10 January and mum Sandra drove her to Hereford County Hospital.

[McGavin999]

Ah yeah, that single payer is what we need. Why, we are so far behind the Brits......hope the snowflakes see this

[null and void]

Single-payer, baby!

It's the only way to fly die!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

from Leominster, Herefordshire

Is that in Texas?

[Beowulf9]

What is A & E ?

[EvilCapitalist]

England I believe.

[WayneS]

A&E?

Arts & Entertainment? Architecture & Engineering?

Nope. I’m sorry, I have no idea what A&E means in this context.

[WayneS]

If only the U.K. had Obamacare...

[RightGeek]

Accident and Emergency - British name for Emergency Room

[Gideon7]

Accident and Emergency dept

[Czech_Occidentalist]

The British seem to like it. No protests, no petitions. No one calls/writes to his MP.

[donna]

Have you tried to get into an emergency room (even with insurance)) in Arizona lately?

[SkyDancer]

The UK NHS - coming soon to a state/s near you? This is what 0bama wanted.

[SkyDancer]

Accident and Emergency.

[rdl6989]

I swear I thought this person was at the studio of A&E Network.

[Menehune56]

Yahoo News UK.

[KC Burke]

We have actually been in a couple in the last few years. Some of the nicest have a lot of foreign born hospitalists that I don’t think could work outside a crowded state.

It kind of takes a forceful, You are not my wife’s doctor and we don’t need to see you.

[CrazyIvan]

“Mum” must be pretty incompetent. There’s always a camp mattress, sleeping bag (-°25 down mummy in the winter) heat packs, emergency food etc. in my vehicle. I’d have made her about as comfy as anyone else there. Maybe morem

[deport]

After hours

Admitting & Emergency

[PAR35]

Have you tried to get into an emergency room (even with insurance)) in Arizona lately?

I think the magic words are 'por favor'. Don't make the mistake of trying to address the help in a foreign language like English.