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Family's fury as video emerges of paramedics 'messing around' while on emergency call

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26.07.2024

The ambulance crew had been called to the Norwich home of Linda Didwell, after her husband phoned 111 for advice when she began vomiting.

They assessed her at the scene before taking her to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital where she remains in a serious condition.

But footage, filmed by a neighbour and posted on social media, shows the moment the two paramedics collected the stretcher from the ambulance to take Mrs Didwell in to hospital, as she waited inside her property in pain.

It shows a male crew member lying down on the stretcher as he uses his mobile phone, before then being pushed along by his female colleague.

The incident happened on July 19, but Mrs Didwell's family only became aware of it days later, when a relative stumbled on the video while browsing........

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