Medics labelled stroke patient drunk, partner says

A stroke patient's partner "thought he was dead" after finding him not moving, hours after "a disagreement" with paramedics over whether he was ill.

London Ambulance Service paramedics thought Ion Chiperi, 22, was drunk and would be fine in the morning after coming to his aid in the early hours of 23 September, according to his partner Doina Prisacaru.

Mr Chiperi will "never be the same as before", Ms Prisacaru, 22, told the BBC, after it was later found he had had a stroke.

The ambulance service said it takes concerns about its care "extremely seriously" and would contact Mr Chiperi's family "to investigate this matter thoroughly".