Night heart attack care 'worse'
Patients who have a heart attack during the night or at weekends have to wait longer for treatment and are more likely to die, a US study suggests.
The report in the Journal of the American Medical Association found these patients waited longer for clot-busting drugs and surgery.
The study of 102,000 patients concluded the risk of dying increased by 7% when patients were treated out of hours.
UK experts said NHS out-of-hours care was also likely to be slower.
Lead researcher David Magid said the delays were putting lives at risk.
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