Grandmother banned from phoning 999 or 111 ended up taking overdose to get to hospital A grandmother who was told by paramedics not to dial 999 even if she had a heart attack took an overdose after repeatedly being refused hospital treatment.
Dorothy Southard, 89, fell outside an Oxford bingo hall in April and contacted the NHS helpline number 111 on three separate occasions because she was feeling unwell.
Paramedics from the South Central Ambulance Service were sent out on each occasion but could not find anything wrong with the pensioner - despite her having two bleeds on the brain - and declined to take her to hospital for a check up. The Daily Telegraph
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