A pensioner who began suffering from agonising stomach pain while being discharged from hospital was told his relatives would have to call an 999 if he wanted help.
Great-grandfather Derek Ogley, 70, fell ill while in a day room waiting to leave a hospital after a four day stay.
As he became doubled-up in agony, his wife - who suffers from angina - and daughter arrived and begged nurses to readmit him or send for a doctor, but to their astonishment were told this was against the rules.
Farcically, they were told by staff they could either take him to his GP themselves or dial 999 and call for an ambulance to take him across the hospital complex to A&E.
In the end, Mr Ogley's family took him to their car and drove him to casualty three minutes away where he was seen and eventually diagnosed with pancreatitis, which can cause long-term health problems.
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