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A family was forced to bring a camp bed in for an 83-year-old grandad during an 14 hour wait in A&E . ‌

George Morris, who suffers from a heart condition and feared he had potential sepsis , was unable to sit on a 'hard plastic chair' provided by the hospital during his lengthy wait. ‌

Instead he had to rely on his own family bringing a camping bed to lie on at Hairmyres Hospital. ‌

His family has described the scene as "shameless" and also had brought him fresh water and hot water bottle to try and make him comfortable.

His daughter, Mandy Morris, said: "It was an absolutely shameful scene.

"At 4am I had to take up a camp bed after over 14 hours of waiting to be seen despite being referred by a GP to get admitted for IV Antibiotics. ‌

"It was a

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