Monday, 31 August 2009

Mother-of-three died in pub as solo woman paramedic 'stood outside and refused to help'

A pub manager has demanded disciplinary action against a paramedic she claims would not help save a customer's life.

Melissa Procter-Blain, 32, died after suffering a heart attack at The Crown in Spondon, Derbyshire.

Her friends and family have told how the lone paramedic who responded to a 999 call first parked outside the wrong premises and then refused to enter the pub.

They also claim the female paramedic refused to try to resuscitate the mother-of-three on her own and that one of the pub's customers had to step in instead until back-up arrived.

Landlady Michelle Doherty, 34, is now calling for the paramedic to be suspended while an investigation into the incident is conducted.

4 comments:

Mark Wadsworth said...

That reminds me of the story we highlighted a couple of months ago.

JuliaM said...

This is a really odd case...

JuliaM said...

As is this one:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1210403/Injured-woman-lay-road-hours-waiting-ambulance.html

AntiCitizenOne said...

Thanks JuliaM!
It's now posted above.