By Jeremy Armstrong A pensioner left writhing in agony told how he had to dial 999 from his NHS hospital bed as there were no doctors to give him pain relief. Martin Wild was admitted with a spinal infection but stretched medics were to busy to see him, an inquiry found. He got so desperate he even resorted to ringing the hospital reception to try to get medication. One consultant declared the 73-year-old was the most neglected patient he had seen. Martin’s ordeal went on for eight months. He said: “I asked for some pain relief. They said, ‘We’ve got no powers to prescribe [an opioid].’ I aske…