The trolley problem that isn’t going away
The nation is left horrified – again – as elderly patients are left waiting on trolleys, but what is needed to end this scandal once and for all?
First it was a 91-year-old. Then an 87-year-old. And then a 93-year-old. Their personal stories shone a light on the hospital system, putting real people behind the hospital overcrowding figures consistently highlighted by nurses and doctors.
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