Critically ill dad-of-two who died after major ambulance delay pictured as ‘severe crisis’ laid bare amid family’s grief

A CRITICALLY ill Co Mayo man, 68, died just hours after his family were forced to drive him 80km to hospital due to an ambulance delay, the Dail heard yesterday. Stephen Lavelle was left “screaming in pain” as his desperate family rushed to get him to Mayo University Hospital. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald…