EXCLUSIVE Woman, 46, with severe asthma died 'in horrific circumstances' after waiting 39 HOURS on a chair in A&E READ MORE: Britain's WORST hospitals revealed in new official data By Liz Hull Published: 16:00 BST, 23 September 2024 | Updated: 16:21 BST, 23 September 2024 e-mail View comments A disabled woman suffering a severe asthma attack died after waiting 39 hours on a chair in a busy A&E for a hospital bed. Marina Young, 46, was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital, in Lancashire, suffering shortness of breath and a headache. Doctors quickly realised she would need to be admitted, but the hospital was full, with more than 50 people waiting in A&E for a bed on a ward.
Staff underestimated the severity of her condition, and failed to give her specialist drugs or refer her to critical care or respiratory medics. Marina spent two nights in a chair and, around 10am on the second morning was found collapsed, still fully clothed and soaked in her own urine. Marina Young, 49, pictured with niece Katie, was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital, in Lancashire, suffering shortness of breath and a headache Staff underestimated the severity of Marina's condition, and failed to give her specialist drugs or refer her to critical care or respiratory medics She went into cardiac arrest and staff tried to resuscitate her.
But when her sister, Michelle Young, 47, arrived a short time later to drop off some belongings, she was given the devastating news that Marina had died. An internal inve.
