A woman has told how her mother spent more than 50 hours on a trolley in A&E. Patients continue to be tightly packed into corridors at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton . The woman said her mother was one of dozens of patients crammed into the hospital's emergency department.
She was so shocked she filmed the 80-year-old being wheeled past fellow patients on trolleys, revealing the extent of the crisis. The hospital says it treats hundreds of patients with nowhere else to go, piling the pressure on doctors and nurses. The woman, who filmed the scene inside the department this weekend, said her mother was admitted to the Royal Sussex on Friday afternoon with back pains.
She said her mother spent 52 hours on a trolley in the corridor of the emergency department – a situation she fears made her mother worse. READ MORE: NHS doctors say patients dying in corridor of Royal Sussex in Brighton She said: “There were at least 25 to 30 people on trolleys. I was there for four hours and wherever I stepped I would be in a nurse’s way.
Please disable your ad blocker to view the video below “My mother was delirious. She was lying in urine-soaked sheets. “Every time someone new came in on a trolley they had to move people from all directions just to try and fit them in.
“The staff were absolutely lovely and are doing their absolute best but they can’t cope. "It worries me that my mum is being treated in that situation." The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said.