Woman, 78, waits 20 minutes for ambulance after Mosta fall

It took more than 20 minutes for an elderly woman with an open head injury to be given first aid, despite the fact that she was just a few blocks away from the Mosta health centre.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday when the roads are usually clear of traffic.
The 78-year-old fainted at 4.15am, falling and badly injuring her head. She remained unconscious for some 10 minutes, her daughter told this newspaper. Her symptoms included twitching and foaming at the mouth, indicating she could be suffering from a stroke.

The woman was in Mosta with her relatives, who immediately called for an ambulance. The local health centre has an ambulance on stand-by but one showed up more than 20 minutes later, at 4.36am. It is not known if the ambulance came from the clinic or from the hospital.
The woman’s daughter said they had followed up their initial phone call after 10 minutes, when there was still no sign of an ambulance and the elderly woman was still unconscious.
They were told the ambulance was on its way.
With blood still gushing out of her wound despite attempts to stop it with a pillow, her daughter called again 10 minutes later.
When the receiver realised this was...