A Scots mum-of-four has died suddenly in her sleep with 'no warning' and 'no explanation'.
Terrified Scots mum feared baby would die after lack of ambulance crews left family stranded
06.04.2022 - 07:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A terrified mum battled to keep her two-year-old alive on a harrowing journey to hospital after being told there were no ambulances available.
With little Calli Milne turning blue, her parents Samantha and Stuart, both 36, feared she would die before she got to hospital.
But the ambulance service told them they did not have a crew who could get to her and asked if anyone else could drive her to hospital.
With the nearest accident and emergency an hour away by road, the panic-stricken parents had no option but to drive her themselves.
Calli suffers from the breathing condition croup, which can develop into stridor – a condition which causes the voicebox to swell and restricts the airways.
When her condition gets really bad, Calli has to be given urgent steroids at hospital or she could die from lack of oxygen.
Mum-of-three Samantha told how she dialled 999 as Calli struggled for breath.
She said: “She was trying to speak but couldn’t get her words out. At one point she said, ‘Mum, mum, Calli can’t breathe, Calli can’t breathe’.
“That was the most horrendous part. Her face was the colour of beetroot trying to get a breath and her mouth and nose were going blue.
“When I phoned 999 it rang out for ages before it was even picked up.
“When I eventually did get through, the first question they asked was if she was breathing. I said, ‘Yes’ but that she was really struggling.”
Samantha told the phone operator what had happened and then the controller told her: “I haven’t got an ambulance for you, there is nothing available to give you. Do you have a relative who could drive you?”
The family live in Rhu, in Dunbartonshire, and the nearest A&E is an hour’s drive away, in Glasgow.
So, they had no choice but to get Calli into the car
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