The family of a man who died after an ambulance driver diverted to the depot instead of going to hospital has criticised the medic. Skip related content Ali Asghar, a father of four, died shortly after arriving in hospital from a suspected heart attack after suffering a stroke at his home. His family are demanding answers to whether the 69-year-old, from Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, would have survived if he had been taken straight to hospital. Mr Asghar's youngest son, Mohammed, 33, said he was not aware of the delay in the ambulance arriving at hospital but told the Daily Mail: "If that has happened it shouldn't have. "If you have a patient in an ambulance you don't worry about your bloody shift finishing. The driver should not get away with it. He should have to pay for it. He is responsible for the death. The time he took to detour could have saved my father's life." It emerged that the ambulance driver complained to a colleague that he was 15 minutes past the end of his duty and wanted to clock off. It is said, he got out of the ambulance without even telling his replacement there was a critically sick case being tended by another medic in the back. The new driver headed to the hospital as quickly as he could - but the detour had added half a mile to the journey. The driver, a paramedic, and the medic who was in the back, an advanced technician, have since been suspended as health chiefs investigate the delay. Ambulance controllers took a call about Mr Asghar, who lived just three miles from the North Tees Hospital at 3.52pm on May 18. The crew were alerted to a Category A life-threatening incident and arrived at his home at 3.57pm. After assessing the patient they left for the hospital at 4.13pm - for a journey taking around 10 minutes. Instead the driver headed to his depot where he got out with the patient remaining in the back of the ambulance with the technician until the new driver took the wheel. The vehicle then left the depot and arrived at the hospital at 4.27pm. As soon as the patient got to A&E doctors administered CPR but were unable to save him. The delay was reported by the new driver who was just starting his shift. A spokesman for North East Ambulance Service said: "This incident was immediately reported to us by another member of staff and as soon as we were notified, we acted to suspend a paramedic and an advanced technician from duty. We appointed a senior officer to carry out a full investigation of the incident and have notified the North East Strategic Health Authority, Stockton-on-Tees Teaching Primary Care Trust and the Health Professions Council of our actions."
Retarded person, it'll only take a few mins off your time, why the hell would you risk the patients life and your own career for that few mins...
If it was up to me i would send him to prison, the duration would be average lifespan of a UK male minus the victims age.
this person needs help because his mind is deranged..how could someone care about his swift when someone's life kinda depends on him?They will definitely sue him because nowadays,people sue doctors for everything...
there is such things called an overtime... fuck this shit... that's why i drive y sister to the A&E instead of asking for an ambulance coz htey take forever too and when you sit at the back it is nasty you feel like you are thrown about >,<
