Woman gives birth on pavement 'after being refused ambulance'

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A young mother gave birth on a pavement outside a hospital after she was told to make her own way there.

Mother-of-three Carmen Blake called her midwife to ask for an ambulance when she went into labour unexpectedly with her fourth child.

But the 27-year-old claims she was refused an ambulance and told to walk the 100m from her house in Leicester to the city's nearby Royal Infirmary.

Her daughter Mariah was delivered on a pavement outside the hospital by a passer-by, just before ambulance crews arrived.

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Ms Blake said she started going into labour at about 7.15am on Sunday, August 2.

She said: "I phoned up the Royal Infirmary, it's just across the road, and they said to go into a hot bath, and then to make my way over there.

"I went into the bath and realised she was going to come quickly. I didn't think I'd be able to make it out of the bath, so I phoned the maternity ward back and told them to get an ambulance out.

'They said they were not sending an ambulance and told me I had had nine months to sort out a lift.'

Experienced mother Ms Blake today said she knew she had to get herself out of the bath and try to get to the hospital.

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Today a spokeswoman for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said: 'We are disappointed that Ms Blake was not happy with the advice and care she received'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...-ambulance.html

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yep - another scare story, another strike against the NHS

In the real world people have $hitty experiences, regardless of people's best or worst intentions.

[Ban Hammer 13,676]

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Today a spokeswoman for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said: 'We are disappointed that Ms Blake was not happy with the advice and care she received'.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

She had THREE already? #######! Condoms, people!

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Today a spokeswoman for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said: 'We are disappointed that Ms Blake was not happy with the advice and care she received'.

Yup.

[lgg 2]

What's your issue, Len?

I give birth to my babies on the pavement all the damn time.

They're just fine, they are...

[Chica Yeyé 41]

What's your issue, Len?

I give birth to my babies on the pavement all the damn time.

They're just fine, they are...

eeeewwww -- have them at home, at least

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

In the real world people have $hitty experiences, regardless of people's best or worst intentions.

But I thought this kind of thing only happened when private evildoers were running health care.

[natty bumppo 297]

In the real world people have $hitty experiences, regardless of people's best or worst intentions.

But I thought this kind of thing only happened when private evildoers were running health care.

NHS medical costs were being contained

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

In the real world people have $hitty experiences, regardless of people's best or worst intentions.

But I thought this kind of thing only happened when private evildoers were running health care.

NHS medical costs were being contained

For the collective good, no doubt.

[Peikko 1,575]

Ouch - not fun and not condonable as it stands, but one wonders what is missing from this story, if anything.

[Nagishkaw 510]

That's messed up.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Ouch - not fun and not condonable as it stands, but one wonders what is missing from this story, if anything.

A formal statement from the NHS designating sidewalks as approved locations for delivery.

[natty bumppo 297]

In the real world people have $hitty experiences, regardless of people's best or worst intentions.

But I thought this kind of thing only happened when private evildoers were running health care.

NHS medical costs were being contained

For the collective good, no doubt.

not only did they same on transportation costs ... it probably only took a bucket of water to clean the delivery sidewalk (which on any other given day serves as a transportation medium)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

In the real world people have $hitty experiences, regardless of people's best or worst intentions.

But I thought this kind of thing only happened when private evildoers were running health care.

No you didn't