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Scots pensioner who suffered stroke lifted into car by family and driven to A&E after 'no ambulance available'
Moira Buchanan's son, daughter and her partner had to lift her into a family car to rush her to A&E - despite suffering severe stroke symptoms
By Vivienne Aitken Health & Education Editor
- 04:30, 27 DEC 2022
- Updated08:52, 27 DEC 2022
A Scottish stroke victim had to be bundled into a car by her family after being told there was no ambulance to take her to hospital.
Great-gran Moira Buchanan, 89, should have been rushed to hospital within minutes after her family made a 999 call, according to health service targets for stroke victims.
But when Moira’s family made the emergency call, they were told there were no ambulances available in the Glasgow area.
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The family refused to point the finger at hard-pressed NHS staff, with Alan telling the Record: “I am not blaming the NHS but the Scottish Government and the Health Secretary Humza Yousaf have not been able to carry out the job properly.
“I know this is not a one-off because I know of others this has happened to.Sometimes when I go to visit mum, I pass by the hospital and see ambulances queued up outside. One day I counted 14 of them with ambulance crews waiting to discharge patients.”..