'I Waited Five Hours for a Doctor to See My Asthmatic Son'

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A mother who called the out-of-hours GP service when her son was having an asthma attack claims she waited five hours for help. Debbie Williams, of Brachdy Close, Rumney, Cardiff, rang the phone line at 5pm on Sunday when five-year-old, Mitchell - who has mild asthma - developed a wheezy chest and a cough.

But it wasn't until 10pm that she got to speak to a medical professional.

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'I Waited Five Hours for a Doctor to See My Asthmatic Son'

It is the third major incident to have happened since the introduction of a new out-of-hours system last month a...

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