The mum of a two-year-old girl has slammed inconsiderate drivers for forcing her to run a "naked, fitting child down a hill in freezing conditions" to meet an ambulance.

Chantelle Hind, 33, from Tuckingmill, became concerned on Sunday afternoon (November 25) when her young daughter Izzy started to get a dangerously high temperature.

The mother-of-two decided to phone the 111 NHS line for urgent healthcare advice when Izzy's breathing started to become erratic.

Chantelle said: "I started to notice something wasn't right at 2/3pm but at that point it was just a temperature and typical cold symptoms like toddlers get.

Keeley, Darryn, Chantelle and Izzy
Keeley, Darryn, Chantelle and Izzy

"By 5pm her temperature was 38 degrees so I phoned for help. They told me that I would need someone there within the next 15 minutes - that’s how quickly it became very serious.

"Her temperature quickly reached 44 - which is critical."

She later discovered that the ambulance that had been sent out was struggling to reach her.

"It was struggling to get down the hill," she said. "Luckily my father-in-law lives opposite me so he walked down the hill to try and find the ambulance. It physically couldn't get down to us.

"The paramedics ran up the hill without the vehicle as she was in the stages of fit. They sorted her out and said we have to go to hospital now run. So we had to run her down the hill, naked and fitting, into the ambulance to get her to (Royal Cornwall Hospital at) Treliske.

Chantelle's daughters
Chantelle's daughters

"I understand some places there are restrictions that actually stop ambulances from getting to the front door but in this instance there weren't. They could have gotten to us five minutes earlier.

"It was delayed by six minutes purely because of that parking situation. Had my house been on fire or someone was in cardiac arrest they would be dead. It worries me with the Christmas season approaching with elderly people.

"People don’t think. Someone has parked and walked away and not really thought about it. A fire engine would never get up there."

Chantelle said that Izzy was treated in hospital and returned home in the early hours of the morning.

Two-year-old Izzy
Two-year-old Izzy

In a post on Facebook calling for more considerate parking in the area, Chantelle said: "Do you think it's ok to run a naked, fitting child down a hill in freezing conditions, just to get into an ambulance that couldn't get to our door?'"

She added: "It was a throat infection from tonsillitis, basically. It is one of those things.

"The doctors said that it isn't even worth thinking about what could have happened if the ambulance was delayed further.

"They also said if I hadn't rung when I did she would have gone into febrile convulsions. Those minutes were vital. It is ridiculous.

"We are human beings we lead busy lives – people have more than one vehicle and I’ve probably parked in stupid places myself but if a car couldn’t even get past you, you would notice.

The ambulance that was blocked by inconsiderate parking
The ambulance that was blocked by inconsiderate parking

"It's been over a year that I’ve been noticing the problems. If I spoke to one of those drivers I would say you are an awful person – I hope you never have that situation when ambulance can't get to you or your child or a loved one.

"It’s just frightening, petrifying. If it was an elderly person it could be a matter of life and death."

Chantelle added: "NHS staff are massively overworked and get a bad rap but they are amazing and they don’t get enough credit but I never want to have to experience that again."