A Lanarkshire 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 Hairmyres Hospital during his lengthy wait. Instead he had to rely on his own family bringing a camping bed to lie on at the East Kilbride facility.

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

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 an absolute in

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