"We are doing CPR. We are screaming out to get some help and nothing came."
"Literally, the stewards were just looking at me."
A GP, Dr Richard Stones, performed CPR on Mark Townsend, 57, after Townsend collapsed among West Bromwich Albion supporters at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on 28 September 2024. Dr Stones, with 25 years' medical experience, immediately recognised cardiac arrest and, alongside off-duty paramedic Chelsea Jones, administered chest compressions. He screamed for help and asked stewards to fetch a defibrillator, but stewards did not respond. Dr Stones described the pre-hospital care at the ground as among the worst he had seen and called the situation a shambles. He gave evidence at Sheffield Coroner's Court.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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