She said the A&E was 'almost like a field hospital on Sunday with how patients needed to be treated'
A concerned daughter has called for more support to help an under pressure health service after her terminally ill mum waited 28 hours for a bed in A&E.
She said: "My mum developed an eye infection on Sunday and I took her straight away to Craigavon Hospital A&E because due to her condition any infection can be dangerous. "However, during that time there were no beds available for her so she had to sit on a plastic medical table, which was not ideal for her at all, but it was all that they were able to do for her. This got worse as the time went on and in the end she spent around 28 hours waiting for a bed to become free at the Royal Victoria Hospital, although some of that was due to ambulances delays and pressures on that service.
Claire's mum eventually got a bed at the Royal Victoria Hospital after a 28 hour wait and said that pressures on the ambulance service had put a slight delay on this and she drove her mum to the hospital herself after getting permission from her doctor. She said: "The NHS is in desperate need of more resources and support in order to help these brilliant doctors and nurses who are doing all they can to look after us. Craigavon A&E was almost like a field hospital on Sunday with how patients needed to be treated.
A Southern Health and Social Care Trust spokesperson said: "Our hard-working staff continue to provide care and treatment to patients with emergency medical conditions attending our Emergency Departments. Staff are doing everything they can to make patients comfortable and treat everyone as safely and quickly as possible.
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