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Man, 89, with broken hip taken to hospital strapped to a plank in Wales

Family of Melvyn Ryan say he could have died if they had not driven him in a van as no ambulances available

The family of an 89-year-old man with a broken hip and shoulder and a cut head who had to be taken to hospital strapped to a plank in the back of a van because there were no ambulances have said he could have died had they not found a makeshift way of getting him to safety.

Melvyn Ryan’s granddaughter, Nicole Lea, found him lying on the floor of his home in Cwmbran, south Wales, in the early hours but when she dialled 999 a call handler told her no ambulances were available and advised her to book a taxi before ringing off.

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