A MUM has hit out after her son was left lying in agony on a street waiting more than two hours for an ambulance.

Robert Comrie, 47, fell while out walking his dog in Glasgow's East End yesterday morning and was left lying on a grassy verge.

It's thought he had suffered a broken hip.

His mum Catriona, 67, said Robert fell in Barlanark Road at 9.55pm. An ambulance was called at 10.10am.

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She said he wasn't treated at the scene until 12.25pm and was then taken to hospital at 12.45pm.

After calling an ambulance around 10.10am, Robert called his mother who arrived 15 minutes later, when an ambulance still had not arrived.

Neighbours continued to call the emergency services but were asked to remain patient.

Mum Catriona, was even guided over the phone by an ambulance worker on how to roll Robert into a safer position on his side.

She said: “Robert is not very steady on his feet and fell over.

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“We all phoned an ambulance but it just didn’t arrive. I asked the staff whether it was coming from Aberdeen?

“He was in and out of conciousness and was frozen. He was just lying on the ground. We just couldn’t tell how long it would be, it was very scary.

“He had been screaming for two and a half hours and at one point we thought he wasn’t breathing. If he was older he would’ve died.”

This is not the first time Robert has injured his hip, breaking it on the other side around two years ago.

Now walking with the help of a stick, the 47-year-old could be heard screaming streets away.

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When crews arrived they struggled to lift Mr Comrie into the vehicle, with efforts to move him, which included a second vehicle, taking almost 30 minutes before he was taken to hospital.

During the ordeal Robert was kept company by a number of locals.

John Mellon was out with his son when he saw Robert fall and stayed with him until the ambulance left the scene.

He said: “It felt like forever. We were trying to get an ambulance constantly. He was in some amount of pain.

“I sat with him and put his dog back in the house, but he was clearly in some amount of pain. Poor chap.”

Other neighbours who know Robert criticised the emergency services for their response time.

Deborah Munro, who had helped bring blankets to Robert, said: “It is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t know how it took them so long.

“He had been there for more than two hours - if this was a posh area he would’ve been picked up straight away.

“It’s horrible to see this happen to someone you see every day.”

An ambulance spokesman said: “We are very sorry for the wait Mr Comrie experienced; we would like to apologise and will be contacting him directly. Unfortunately, we were experiencing exceptionally high levels of demand at the time and the patient waited longer than we would have liked.

“We prioritise all calls to ensure the sickest and most seriously injured patients, including those with immediately life-threatening conditions, are given the highest priority.”