Abandoned for the sake of 42p: Desert Rat hero, 99, fought off Rommel... only to be left helpless on the floor for two days after council cut his intercom A war veteran aged 99 lay helplessly in pain on the floor of his sheltered accommodation for two and a half days after a free intercom service that could have alerted staff was cut to save just 42 pence a day. Former Desert Rat Harold Lee feared he would die alone after he fell face down and was unable to get up or call for help. A pendant alarm the great-grandfather was carrying landed out of reach when he collapsed. And his intercom – through which he had been getting a call every morning from a manager to check he was OK – had been disconnected weeks earlier after he refused to pay a new 42p daily charge imposed in council funding cuts. The widower, who lost his wife Mabel two years ago, was saved only when his grandson Jaa, 24, came to visit him and found him on the floor. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402212/Abandoned-sake-42p-Desert-Rat-hero-99-fought-Rommel--left-helpless-floor-days-council-cut-intercom.html#ixzz2d9bwOuMH
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:59:44 +0000
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