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A great-gran had to have her lower leg amputated after her family claim she was left on a trolley in a hospital corridor for four days. Geraldine Newing, 78, was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital with a foot infection on Good Friday which developed into sepsis. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW After eventually seeing a surgeon the following Tuesday (April 2), her husband Anthony was told she needed an immediate operation or “she might die”. Her son Michael said during the time she was waiting to see a doctor there were at least 10 other patients on temporary beds with poor washing facilities. The …

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