St John failing to meet response time targets: 90yo waits three hours after cat attack 12 Apr, 2021 08:00 AM 11 minutes to read When Nellie Joosten, 92, started having stomach pain so severe she was shaking and vomiting St John told her daughter to driver her to hospital. Photo/Michael Cunningham When Nellie Joosten, 92, started having stomach pain so severe she was shaking and vomiting St John told her daughter to driver her to hospital. Photo/Michael Cunningham A 90-year-old woman lost consciousness at least three times during a three-hour wait for an ambulance after her cat bit her leg leaving her kitchen "awash with blood".