Emma Latham has won a settlement against the ambulance trust after a nine-year legal battle
The widow of a man who “died in agony” waiting for an ambulance has won a settlement after a nine-year legal battle - and says it proves 999 crews were in the wrong.
Emma, 46, took legal action against the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, who have now made an undisclosed payout.Emma, who has since developed MS, said: “My Steven would still be here without ambulance delays and if he had been given proper care. I still see my husband gasping for breath and begging for help, with the paramedic kneeling beside him watching him slowly die.
'The paramedic didn't do anything' Recalling the moment Steven collapsed, Emma said:“He couldn’t move and was pleading for me to help him saying he didn’t feel right. He was very clammy and was sweating. His pulse was so fast I couldn’t count it for the operator.” Emma - who also has a 31-year-old son from a previous relationship - added: “The paramedic had been just kneeling beside him listening to him beg for help. But he didn’t do anything. Then his head dropped like a stone and he slumped sideways and his head hit the paramedic’s bag.
The ambulance crew arrived after he fell unconscious - over half an hour after being called - and apologised for being late but Emma says they still didn’t treat him at the scene. Despite being told about his heart condition and seeing him unconscious, she claims they also failed to perform CPR or even use a defibrillator.
'Emma wanted justice for Steven' Ms Latham instructed Carlos Lopez, head of clinical negligence at Northenden based Express Solicitors, to take legal action to find out how her husband died. The trust spent the next nine years fighting her claim before reaching an undisclosed settlement to stop details of her husband’s death going to court.
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