Woman, 67, died after waiting three hours for ambulance that was never sent

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'That was a completely preventable death. She was not given a chance to have any treatment.’

Janet Lyon, 67, from Leicestershire, called the emergency number on December 27 when she found herself struggling to breathe A pensioner who phoned 999 complaining she could not breathe died after waiting three hours for an ambulance which was never sent. Janet Lyon, 67, from Leicestershire, called the emergency number on December 27 when she found herself struggling to breathe.

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