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Father told he had to get back to work or lose his benefits while he was still in hospital waiting for quadruple bypass just days after he suffered heart attack
OllieGillman for Mai lOnline
Oct. 27, 2014
- Colin Rogers, 58, was left 'moments from death' by a major heart attack
- As he waited for quadruple bypass surgery he was told to get back to work
- Government work programme contractor A4e phoned his mobile to tell him
- Mr Rogers' wife had already explained that her husband was in hospital
- But an A4e manager insisted he would have to continue with the scheme
- Concerned nurses noticed his heart rate increase after the phone call
- Recovering father says he is 'disgusted' with the way he has been treated
A father who was left 'moments from death' by a major heart attack was told he had to return to work or lose his benefits while he lay in hospital waiting for quadruple bypass surgery.
Colin Rogers, 58, was hooked up to heart monitors when he received a phone call telling him he was expected to continue a government work programme.
The father, from the Wirral, Merseyside, said concerned nurses noticed his heart rate beginning to accelerate after the call to his mobile phone.
Colin Rogers, 58, was waiting in hospital for quadruple bypass surgery after a heart attack when he received a phone call telling him he had to return to a government work programme