'She was screaming': Cork woman left lying on icy ground for hours due to ambulance delay

Family say ambulance delays left a woman with additional needs on icy ground for hours as vehicles queued outside CUH

An ambulance outside the emergency department at CUH. Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire said: 'The reality is the service is stretched far too thinly and there are issues with the hospital having delays allowing people to be admitted if it’s leaving multiple ambulances tied up.' File picture: Denis Minihane

A woman with additional needs was left lying on icy ground in a Cork suburb for almost two-and-a-half hours on Tuesday because no ambulance was available to come to her aid.

Dolores Hart's family said when they finally got to hospital there were multiple ambulances waiting outside CUH for patients to be admitted.