Southampton man dies after ambulance took 90 minutes to get him to hospital

A father has died after paramedics allegedly took 90 minutes to get to him to hospital -  although he solely lived one mile away.

Martin Hale, 47, suffered a coronary heart assault and collapsed at his residence on Alder Highway in Southampton.

The household of the father-of-one, who suffered from sort one diabetes and was certain to a wheelchair, instantly referred to as 999.

He was taken to Southampton Normal Hospital - lower than a mile away - however his mind had been disadvantaged of oxygen for too lengthy and his household selected to take him off of life help.

South Central Ambulance Service, has launched an investigation.

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Martin Hale, 47, suffered a coronary heart assault and collapsed at his residence in Southampton. His household says it took 90 minutes for an ambulance to reach

As reported within the Each day Mail, the ambulance service began sending taxis to much less severe 999 calls due to a scarcity in ambulances 

South Central covers a inhabitants of 4 million and the variety of 999 calls is hovering by 5 per cent yearly. 

The investigation comes after an inquest into one other man's loss of life heard that South Central Ambulance Service took 4 hours to reply to his father's 5 999 calls.

Adrian Sutton, 45, who's autistic, had stopped respiration by the point ­paramedics lastly turned up.

Ambulances wait exterior an Accident and Emergency division. Martin Hale's household needed to name thrice earlier than an ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital

Mr Hale's mom Rita spoke to the Sunday Folks across the ordeal, saying she first put in a name round 7.45pm 

 She stated: 'Ready for the ambulance to reach was simply terrible.

'When nobody got here after my first name, I rang the ambulance once more. I rang them thrice in complete.

'My daughter was additionally ringing them on the identical time.

'The third time I rang I used to be ­screaming down the cellphone saying, "He's gone now, it's too late."

'Apparently, when the paramedics lastly arrived they stated they'd solely simply acquired the decision.'

The NHS had set a goal of 75 per cent of life-threatening calls to be responded to inside eight minutes.

Mrs Hale added: 'If the ambulance had come earlier then who is aware of? Martin may nonetheless be alive.

'I simply don't need one thing like this to occur to a different household.'

Six days later, his father Julien, 68, and mom determined to show off their son's life help.

The couple misplaced their different son Mark, 50, to lung most cancers two years in the past.

Mrs Hale stated: 'Julien phoned me and stated, "He's acquired actually dangerous mind harm. He'll want 24-hour care any more if he carries on dwelling, what ought to I do?!"

'It's the worst choice I've ever needed to make in my life however Martin wouldn't have needed to hold on like that.'

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service stated: 'Mr Hale's household has raised a criticism concerning South Central Ambulance Service NHS Basis Belief's response on 19 November 2016.

'That is now formally being ­investigated by the Belief's Affected person Expertise Group who can be writing to Mr Hale's household with the end result of the investigation.'

Mr Hale was taken to Southampton Normal Hospital (pictured right here). The ambulance took an hour and a half to reply although he solely lived a mile away

Final month, a BBC investigation discovered that one of many UK's 13 ambulance trusts was at the moment assembly its goal of responding inside eight minutes. The response time was virtually double - with ambulances taking 15 minutes to show over sufferers to A&E companies.

The investigation additionally discovered that previously two years, there had been a 52 per cent improve within the quantity of delays. 

A coroner has been made conscious of Martin Hale's case.  

 

 

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