Ms Whitson, her husband, her father and her brother had all arrived at Craigend at this point to try and help.
“His leg had swollen up so badly and as soon as you touched it he just screamed in pain,” said Ms Whitson.
“After two hours we were told all the ambulances had been re-routed to Glasgow and none were available.”
She added: “Eventually a paramedic on the phone asked if we could try lifting him up and getting him into a car.
“That’s against any health and safety training I’ve ever had, but they insisted it was the best way to get him there.
“As soon as we touched him he was screaming and crying with the pain, so we couldn’t do that.”
She said she felt frustrated and helpless.
“If an 87-year-old man was being left like this, what hope would anyone else have?”
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