99-year-old woman left in hospital corridor for three days

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99-year-old woman left in hospital corridor for three days
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The son of a 99-year-old woman who has been "in the corridor" of a hospital's accident and emergency unit for three days has spoken of his anguish.

The son of a 99-year-old woman who has been "in the corridor" of a hospital's accident and emergency unit for three days has spoken of his anguish. Florence May Poyser was taken by ambulance to A&E at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford on Wednesday from her home in Hadley, and on Friday she was still in the draughty corridor as medics looked for a bed on a ward.

Ron Bowden, Florence's 65-year-old son, said after seeing his mum on Friday afternoon:"They are trying to get her a bed in ward 10 but she is thinking that she will never leave the hospital.

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