A RECENT CORONER’S INQUEST IN ENGLAND disclosed that a woman who died on March 30 of last year was the unfortunate victim of a case of “musical beds” in London.
Angela Borzoni, 69, was already in the Whittington Hospital in north London being treated for a bleeding spleen that had just been removed. When her post-surgery condition suddenly deteriorated, the doctors decided that she needed to be moved into an Intesive Care bed.
All 13 of the ICU beds at Whittington were already occupied, so an ambulance was called to transfer her to another hospital. When the ambulance arrived they found out that there was not a single ICU bed available in the entire London (pop. 7 million) area. The ambulance was then directed to take her to Bedford which is 50 miles away.
Between the distance, bad weather and a road closure, the trip took 90 minutes. It was determined that she died as a result of the lengthy ambulance transfer.
The London Daily Mail has the story in detail HERE.
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