It was around 8pm. It took another 14 hours for an ambulance to get to her, leaving her pregnant granddaughter to care for her through the night.
When they arrived the crews were able to give her pain relief and quickly transported her to the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
But there the wait continued - there were around 30 ambulances queuing to handover patients to A&E staff.
It was another 26 hours before she was taken inside to A&E. BBC News
See also:
- 10,000 more NHS ambulance workers will strike: GMB joins string of medical unions The Daily Mail
- Nearly one in three ambulance patients waiting at least 30 minutes for A&E handover Evening Standard
- Ambulance waiting times in England three times longer in some rural areas The Guardian
- What ambulance strike means for calls, response times and staffing The Independent
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