Pensioner with life-threatening heatstroke waits nine hours for ambulance as shocking NHS stats laid bare
HEATSTROKE patients now wait an hour for an ambulance to turn up as analysis found NHS response times have nearly doubled in the last five years.
One pensioner languished for nine-and-a-half hours in one of the worst cases uncovered from last year.
AlamyAmbulance response times are often long because of busy hospitals (stock image)[/caption]It comes as Brits bask in one of the hottest weeks of the year with temperatures around 30c.
The NHS says heatstroke is a medical emergency and it can be deadly.
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