Bodies were commonly dumped at ambulance station, inquest told
AN inquest heard yesterday it was “common practice” to leave dead bodies at an ambulance station so staff could finish their shift on time.
The revelation came after a coroner was told the body of James Harrison, 32, was left lying next to rubbish bins at Ely Ambulance Station, Cambs, for more than two hours.
Mr Harrison collapsed and died in the street in Littleport, Cambs, on September 24 last year. First responder Dharamendra Narotam attended along with a paramedic crew.
Mr Harrison was found just as paramedics David Glenton and Ann-Marie Poole were due to complete a 15-hour shift.
Mr Narotam told them the body could be left at the station and collected by a local undertaker later.
