'I was rushed to hospital but waited 60 hours in A&E for bed amid winter flu spike' A patient has told how he collapsed at home and then spent 60 hours in A&E before he was given a bed on a ward as hospitals face extreme overcrowding.
Other staff had reported waits of more than 50 hours at the hospital while staff at other hospitals in the Greater Manchester area have shared that there are waits of 'more than 24 hours for a bed' as A&Es battle ‘lots of Covid, flu and RSV patients’.
Dean Jennings, 39, was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan at around 7pm last Saturday and he said he remained in A&E until Tuesday when he was taken to a ward and had an operation.
The man, who wished not to be named, went to A&E on Tuesday at 4pm and left around 1am on Wednesday, reported the Manchester Evening News.
Another A&E patient in Wigan told of how he had been warned by a doctor of ‘50 plus hour waits’ for those needing to be admitted.
