The family of Stanley Solomons praise staff but say the situation in the NHS is 'dire'
By George Torr & Anna WhittakerA hospital trust has apologised after a 95-year-old World War Two veteran spent 26 hours on an A&E trolley waiting for a bed.
Daughter Rachael Ellis said she was "shocked" at people waiting in the corridor but praised "heroic" staff.After being treated in the corridor of the hospital, in Nottingham, Mr Solomons was finally given a bed on Monday afternoon. "You hear about these things but to see it is another thing entirely. They were lined up in any space they could find.
"The heroic staff though, they were amazing - they were run ragged. They just kept going... I was amazed at their stamina."Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust declared a critical incident last month before the alert was expanded across Nottinghamshire
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