Elderly man slept on hospital floor for 12 hours while waiting for stretcher
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Elderly man slept on hospital floor for 12 hours while waiting for stretcher

ByNews Polite

A great-grandad-of-two suffering from pneumonia resorted to sleeping on a hospital floor on top of his dressing gown during a 12-hour wait for a trolley. Martin Wakely, 75, was rushed to Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent by ambulance after his wife Tracy, 63, became concerned he was struggling to breathe….

Slow FDNY response times spur 80% death rate for NYC cardiac arrests
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Slow FDNY response times spur 80% death rate for NYC cardiac arrests

ByNews Polite

Four out of five New Yorkers who go into cardiac arrest die as the FDNY’s response times to medical emergencies continue to soar. City firefighters and medics revived just 20% of all cardiac-arrest patients during the fiscal year ending June 30, the worst success rate since the FDNY began documenting…

Equip Ambulances With GPS Support, Establish Control Room for Uninterrupted Traffic, Karnataka HC Says

Equip Ambulances With GPS Support, Establish Control Room for Uninterrupted Traffic, Karnataka HC Says

ByNews Polite

The Karnataka High Court has directed the authorities to install GPS tracking systems on ambulances in the state to enable them to travel uninterrupted in traffic. A division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale gave this direction after hearing a petition by Bharat Punaruttana…