A patient has told how he collapsed at home and then spent 60 hours in A&E before he was given a bed on a ward as hospitals face extreme overcrowding. Dean Jennings, 39, was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan at around 7pm last Saturday and he said he remained in A&E until Tuesday when he was taken to a ward and had an operation. Mr Jennings, who is suffering from pneumonia , said: “I’ve been in for days. It wasn’t until Tuesday when I got put in a proper ward. "