Coroner describes meningitis patient's six-hour ambulance wait

Mthuthuzeli Mpongwana died at Bristol hospital after paramedic dismissed symptoms as ‘man flu’

A coroner has said there was a missed opportunity to deliver vital treatment to a man who died from meningitis after waiting nearly six hours for an ambulance.

Mthuthuzeli Mpongwana, 38, of Bedminster, Bristol, died in hospital two days after his wife, Lisa Armitage, 27, dialled the medical advice number 111.

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