'Loving' woman, 66, died when she fell from the back of an ambulance

‘Loving’ woman died when she fell from the back of an ambulance

A WOMAN died after falling out of the back of an ambulance as it arrived at a hospital, an inquest has heard.

Anita Woodford, 66, was being removed from the parked vehicle when the tragedy occurred on the morning of November 15, 2021.She had been rushed to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from her home in Brisley for a dialysis appointment. However, she had been placed in the wrong wheelchair - and when they arrived she rolled down the ramp.

Jurors at the inquest into her death were yesterday shown CCTV of the moment ambulance care assistant, Tracey Leigh, guided the porter chair out of the vehicle.She suffered a head injury in the fall and died two weeks later. Miss Leigh told Norfolk Coroner’s Court: “I was going down the ramp and, I don’t know what happened, but when I got to the bottom the wheelchair tipped backwards.“I’ve done that job a hundred times before and nothing like that had ever happened before.”

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