Short Trip to A & E was a life-saver

Dear Mr Hemming-Clark

Please continue to do all that you can to keep Queen Mary's A & E open. A few days ago I had the most acute asthma attack, so bad that I needed resuscitation.

I thank God for Queen Mary's A & E and the medical staff; without them or the fact that Queen Mary's was so near to my home I know that I would be dead.

Yours

Susan M
25th January 2008
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I would not be alive today if I had the longer journey to the Princess Royal [Farnborough] or the Queen Elizabeth [Woolwich] hospitals.

After I suffered a heart attack, the ambulance arrived quickly. the paramedic worked on me all the way to Queen Mary's - a journey of six to eight minutes.

Within minutes of arrival, I has a cardiac arrest. Shortly after being resuscitated , I had another. The doctors told me I had been a challenge for the medical team and I was very lucky to be alive.

Thank you to the staff and the closeness of Queen Mary's A & E.
Valerie Watts, Robin Hill Drive, Chislehurst - from Bromley Extra 25/1/08