Official figures showed the number of patients enduring extreme waits in Scottish emergency rooms has risen around 10-fold since the COVID pandemic.
In September 2019, the number of patients waiting more than eight hours for treatment was 1,618 (1.1%) and more than 12 hours was 369 (0.3%).
In September this year, the figures were 13,506 (10.6%) and 5,296 (4.2%) respectively.
Pictured: Scottish National Party Health Secretary Humza Yousaf
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