Terminally ill woman forced to sleep on hospital floor | UK News [Video]

A terminally ill woman was forced to sleep on a hospital floor due to a lack of beds.

Madeleine Butcher and her husband John arrived at Blackpool Victoria Hospital A&E at around 3am on June 23, where Madeleine learnt she was likely suffering from sepsis.

Despite the worrying prognosis, staff said she might have to wait 36 hours to be admitted.

Madeleine, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2022, explained that sitting down for any longer was uncomfortable due to a hernia from her hysterectomy and the position of her tumour.

She asked if there was a bed, trolley or even a reclining chair she could use, but was told that nothing was available.

John said the doctor instead gave her a blanket and a pillow so she could lie on the floor.

Garden centre worker John, 61, of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, said he was ‘absolutely horrified’.

He added: ‘I didn’t realise how angry I was until I got home and I looked at …