Fred Pring died after 42 minute wait for ambulance
Fred Pring was having treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A man who lay dying at home waiting more than 40 minutes for an ambulance may have survived if it had arrived within its eight minutes target time, a coroner has said.
Fred Pring, 74, from Flintshire, died 42 minutes after his wife, Joyce, had first called 999, an inquest was told.
Summing up on Monday, coroner John Gittins said it was not his role to apportion blame or responsibility.
The coroner said Mr Pring died of heart disease and pulmonary disease.
The Welsh Ambulance Service and the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said they had deep regret regarding the case.
Mr Gittins said: "Although it cannot be established with certainty that Mr Pring would have survived if help had reached him sooner, it is probable that if an ambulance had arrived promptly after the first call, (that is to say within their target response time of eight minutes), he would have lived long enough to be transported to hospital where further medical treatment would have optimised the prospects of his survival."
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