A pensioner who made headlines after being left in a complete stranger s home by an ambulance crew has since died, after being returned to hospital with pneumonia.
Elizabeth Mahoney had been battling Covid-19 at County Hospital in Pontypool for 10 long weeks prior to finally being discharged on Friday, March 12.
However, the 89-year-old from New Inn in Torfaen ended up being dropped off at the wrong house - more than eight miles away in Newport - where she was put to bed for the night.
The mix-up was only spotted when, hours later, someone living at the address went to check on the person under the covers and realised she wasn t their relative at all.
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Ambulance Takes Elderly Patient to Wrong House, Puts Her in Stranger s Bed
On 4/20/21 at 2:06 PM EDT
Elizabeth Mahoney s family was worried sick when the ambulance bringing her home from the hospital never arrived. They soon discovered that a horrific mix-up led to a terrified Mahoney being taken to the wrong home, where she was tucked into the bed of a stranger.
According to The South Wales Argus, Mahoney, 89, was first admitted to Nevill Hall Hospital in December with what appeared to be a case of COVID-19. After testing positive, she was transferred to the County Hospital in Pontypool, where she stayed for ten weeks.
The 89-year-old had been discharged from hospital after recovering from coronavirus.
A pensioner ended up being tucked into a stranger s bed after an ambulance crew took her home to the wrong address.
Elizabeth Mahoney, 89, had been recovering from Covid-19 at County Hospital in Pontypool for 10 long weeks, and her family were relieved to hear she d finally been given a discharge date of Friday, March 12.
But they began to get concerned when she failed to show up at her home in nearby New Inn at the scheduled time.
It was only after a few hours that it transpired she d instead been taken by ambulance to an address in Newport - more than eight miles away from where she lived - and left in the bed of a total stranger.