A MUM died in agony and unable to breath while waiting two hours for an ambulance to arrive.
Victoria Louisa Maame Yamphet, 40, died at home in Dagenham, east London, in front of her two young daughters after complaining of severe stomach pains.
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Victoria had been suffering with a bad case of fluFacebook
Recalling the tragic day, Victoria’s daughter Emmanuela, 18 said: “I put her in a recovery position, I did CPR on her and I called the ambulance screaming and crying for them to get here quicker. “
Victoria had been suffering with a bad case of flu and on January 10 he condition rapidly deteriorated.
“My mum complained about her ribs and belly hurting, I offered to call an ambulance because she isn’t really a sick person and I knew it was bad,” Emmanuela told MailOnline.
The next days, thousands of ambulance workers across the country were set to strike over poor pay and staffing levels.
The daughter was initially told the ambulance was six to ten minutes away, but 20 minutes later there was still no sign of it.
“I called again and all of a sudden it was an hour wait,” she said.
“I told them my mum can’t wait that long – I was in distress because I didn’t know what to do.”
An hour after her first call, she was told a taxi would be sent to her house to take her mother to the hospital.
“Before the taxi got to us, her pain got worse and she just stopped breathing in front of me and my little sister,” Emmanuela said.
After performing CPR on her Mum, Emmanuela called 999 one final time in a desperate plea.
“When they came, they did everything they could but it was a bit too late. Because my mother was left for an hour and 45 minutes to be in pain, sadly … she didn’t make it.
“She suffered from cardiac arrest due to her not being able to breathe properly,” the 18-year-old explained.
Maame, the name she went by, worked as a support worker for over 20 years.
Her daughter said: “It’s very unfair, my mum was a support worker, she always looked after people, but when it was her turn, she wasn’t taken care of.”
Emmanuela said her mum’s body was left in the hour with herself and her young sister, Emily, for six hours after she died.
“My little sister was on the floor next to our mum the whole time. She was crying, shaking her and trying to wake her up,” she said.
Their father, who works in the NHS, rushed home to his partner and children and when he was told his partner “didn’t make it, he literally started breaking down”, his daughter said.
Thousands of ambulance workers are to stage fresh strikes in the coming weeks.
The GMB said more than 10,000 of its members, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff, will walk out on February 6 and 20, and March 6 and 20.
Victoria’s death is yet to be determined.
But in the meantime, her family have set up a fundraising page for the funeral.
“We want to give her a befitting burial,” Emmanuela said.