A man has revealed an A&E nursing sister told patients to ring their relatives and ask them to bring blankets and pillows as the hospital was full and they faced spending the night on chairs. The 80-year-old Elsenham man had been told to go to Princess Alexandra Hospital’s A&E unit on Monday (July 8) after he had pierced his face on a fence. He had treated the wound at home with ointment, but after pus began appearing he realised it had become infected and he contacted Stansted Surgery in Castle Maltings. A receptionist advised him to go to the minor injuries unit at Herts and Essex Hospital i…
