British Hospitals Facing 'Humanitarian Crisis'

The British Red Cross says demands on the country's overcrowded hospitals and ambulances have become a "humanitarian crisis," especially as hospitals are experiencing the extra strain of the winter months. A report in The Guardian newspaper says three patients have died recently after long waits in hospital corridors, including a woman who died of heart attack after waiting 35 hours on trolley in corridor at busy Worcestershire Royal hospital. The Red Cross says it...

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