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A woman died in severe pain two hours after an NHS Direct nurse told her she did not need an ambulance and should take painkillers, an inquest heard.
Gillian Given, 58, a former nursing sister, died at her home in Belgrano, near Abergele, Conwy, on July 16 last year after suffering a heart attack.
When she started suffering crippling stomach pains, her worried husband James, a former pub landlord, contacted their GP and was told to ring NHS Direct Wales.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gillian-given-died-severe-pain-5070745
Gillian Given, 58, a former nursing sister, died at her home in Belgrano, near Abergele, Conwy, on July 16 last year after suffering a heart attack.
When she started suffering crippling stomach pains, her worried husband James, a former pub landlord, contacted their GP and was told to ring NHS Direct Wales.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gillian-given-died-severe-pain-5070745