A mum who called for paramedics when her baby was struggling to breath was left fuming after a neighbour demanded they move their ambulance.

Medics rushed to the home of Tilly Harrison in Nuneaton, after her son experienced difficulty breathing.

But as Coventry Live reports, she was shocked when a neighbour knocked on her door while he was being treated to ask the crew to move their vehicle, which was parked outside.

Unable to park on the busy street, paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) had no choice but to leave their ambulance in the middle of the street as they raced to help the baby boy who was having difficulty breathing.

This led to traffic building up on the one-way street.

The ambulance was blocking the road so that medics could tend to the poorly baby

"The driver knocked my door asking if the ambulance could move as traffic was building up, he was lucky I was more worried about the health of my son," the mum-of-two fumed.

"I have a four-year-old who was 'helping' the paramedics and a seven-month-old who was crying because he was scared.

"The man (driver) said 'Are the paramedics here?,' and I said 'yes'.

"He then said 'Can I talk to the driver?' and I said 'They are busy, can I help you?,  then he said 'Are they going to move the ambulance because traffic is backing up,' and I said 'They are dealing with an emergency'.

"I couldn't believe it."

Her baby was taken to the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for assessment and, thankfully, was released later that night.

It was then that the audacity of the driver's actions hit home to the upset mum.

Tilly said: "It only really hit me when we got back home, the fact someone had knocked the door while paramedics were working on my son to ask if they would move as traffic was backing up.

"Who does that? The ambulance staff were shocked but said it’s not the first time they have had to deal with people like this."

WMAS confirmed they received a call to an address in Bracebridge Street at 5.52pm.

A WMAS spokesperson said: "Whilst the ambulance crew were inside the property treating a child with breathing difficulties, a driver knocked on the family’s front door asking the ambulance to move as it was blocking the road.

"The crew, who were unaware of this until after treating the child, later conveyed the child to hospital for further treatment.

"The vast majority of the public will appreciate that in our line of work the patient must always come first and, therefore, the nature of the job means we do sometimes have to park on a narrow road, over a driveway or block a vehicle in.
