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Patients are dying in hospital corridors as safety is compromised by "intolerable" conditions, doctors say.
The warning has been made in a letter to the prime minister signed by 68 senior A&E doctors, spelling out the danger patients are facing this winter.
It comes as reports have emerged of people being left for hours on trolleys in corridors and stuck in ambulances.
And hospital bosses said they had run out of beds as they battle with "very high" rates of flu.
Official figures show the number of hospital admissions from flu has risen by more than 50% in the past week in England, although Public Health England officials said the levels were certainly not "unprecedented".
Instead, hospital bosses have blamed the bed shortages on a lack of money and staff.
Last week, there was a point when 133 out of 137 hospital trusts in England had an unsafe number of patients on their wards, NHS records show.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42572116
This is getting horrendous if people can't even die with dignity. The govt. seem to be using flu as the excuse, but a bad flu winter was predicted months ago. What extra provision was made ?