Piers Morgan's mum Gabrielle is recovering after suffering a heart attack.
Piers Morgan has opened up about his mother's terrible experience in hospital
The TV host revealed the 79 year old was rushed to hospital by ambulance back in November, but she had a terrible experience in the accident and emergency department as she was left waiting in a corridor for almost seven hours with only Piers' sister Charlotte to keep an eye on her.
In his column for The Sun newspaper, Piers explained: "After being assessed on arrival in A and E, my mother was stuck on a trolley and put out in a corridor at 1 am to wait for a cardio bed to become available. And that’s where she stayed, for nearly seven hours.
"I’ve heard a lot about the shocking state of our country’s accident and emergency departments, but it’s only when you have a loved one facing a potential life-or-death situation that the full dreadful reality becomes starkly, painfully obvious."
Piers went on to added: "My mother’s blood pressure was raging dangerously out of control, and she was understandably terrified of what might happen to her, but she lay unseen and unchecked by any medical staff from 1-4 am.
"That’s a very long three hours for anyone when they know they’ve had a heart attack and think they may be dying."
Gabrielle was eventually seen by a registrar but still had to wait another three hours before she could be admitted to the hospital's cardiac care unit, with the TV star adding: "Extraordinarily, nobody else checked up on her. Not even to ask if she felt OK, or to see if she wanted water, or anything. Every hour, my sister asked for the blood pressure meds - but none were given.
"Meanwhile, the trolleys continued piling up in the corridors. It wasn’t until porters arrived shortly before 8am that my mother was taken up to the cardiac unit."
Gabrielle was admitted to the specialist care until at around 8am and Piers insisted she was given excellent treatment as soon as she arrived in the ward. She underwent surgery to fix a stent to treat a blocked artery and is now making a good recovery at home, however, Piers is adamant changes need to be made to stop patients suffering needlessly in hospital.
He added: "Nobody, let alone an elderly lady, should be stuck on a trolley in a public corridor for seven hours after having a heart attack in modern Britain.
"It’s undignified, degrading, unsettling, and frightening."
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