THE family of an 83-year-old man who died after choking on steak in Evesham “are upset and disagree” with a verdict of accidental death despite “harm” being caused during treatment. Yukio Nishigaki was having a celebratory meal with his granddaughter at the Royal Oak in Evesham on March 14, 2020 when the piece of meat became lodged in his airway. Mr Nishigaki was 300 yards away from Evesham Community Hub, the place where ambulances in the town are based when not on jobs, but there were no crews on duty at the site on the day. The crew arrived and began treatement 11 to 12 minutes later but there was a further 16 to 17-minute delay in issuing the appropriate treatment when paramedics could not locate a laryngoscope – a piece of equipment placed into the mouth used to investigate such issues – which was later found to be where it should have been in a different bag.
Emergency crews pictured at the scene. Pic courtesy of Francesca Doughty EMERGENCY crews swamped the Merry Hill shopping centre after a suspected chemical attack at lunchtime. Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to the intu shopping centre just before midday following reports that a substance had been thrown. A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: We were called at 11.57am to reports of a patient who had had an unknown substance thrown at them near to the bus station at Merry Hill Shopping Centre. One ambulance attended the scene. However, it became apparent that the patient did not require treatment from the ambulance service and we were stood down.
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A murder investigation is today continuing following the suspicious death of a man found in a critical condition at his Stoke-on-Trent home.
Four vehicle smash caused six hours of disruption on the M6
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An air ambulance was called out to a medical emergency at a home in Nuneaton today.
It has been confirmed by West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) that the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance responded to a 999 call at 2.55pm.