A DEAF man from Bury, who collapsed following a football match, had to wait 45 minutes for an ambulance, an inquest heard.
Martyn Burton was lying on a changing room floor suffering chest and jaw pains for an estimated 45 minutes before expert medical help arrived.
The inquest in Bridgend, South Wales, heard that by the time an ambulance arrived on February 4 last year, Mr Burton had stopped breathing.
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Mr Burton, aged 31, of Tanners Street, Ramsbottom, was pronounced dead at the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend later that day.
Mr Burton was the player-manager of a deaf football team which had travelled down from Lancashire earlier that day for a tournament at Llantwit Major, near Bridgend.
After playing a part in his side's 4-3 victory, Mr Burton went to the changing rooms with teammate Mark Guerrieria.
In a statement, Mr Guerrieria told the inquest: "We were overjoyed and everyone was happy. We went to the dressing room fooling about and I went to the shower with Martyn."
After showering, Mr Guerrieria said another teammate approached him shortly afterwards asking for help as Mr Burton had fallen to the floor and had remained there.
Mr Guerrieria told the inquest he started resuscitation on his friend when he stopped breathing and carried on doing it for 10 minutes.
"Finally the ambulance arrived," Mr Guerrieria said. "I was getting angry - it took ages."
Mr Burton was pronounced dead at hospital shortly after arriving by ambulance at 6.05pm that evening.
Bridgend Coroner Philip Walters recorded an open verdict.
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