Woman was too scared to leave job centre during a heart attack as she feared being sanctioned

20 May

Politics and Insights

Salena Hannah (Photo: Adam Sorenson)

A woman who suffered a heart attack during a job centre in-work progression interview has said she was too scared to get up and leave to get medical help as she was afraid of ­losing her benefits. Salena Hannah, who works part-time, says that she had the attack during her appointment, but was ignored by the “callous” job centre interviewer.

She explained: “I had been suffering with chest pains for about two weeks and took a couple of sprays of GTN spray, to help with my angina, before I walked in to meet my interviewer.

“My job is under 16 hours, so I am forced to attend regular meetings, or my benefits might be stopped.

“I was feeling some really bad pains in my chest and I told her at least two or three times that I was in agony, but she was just so callous, she just kept…

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2 Responses to “Woman was too scared to leave job centre during a heart attack as she feared being sanctioned”

  1. chrissweeney2005swaggzy May 20, 2017 at 5:34 pm #

    how much fucking more are we going to take.

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    • Paul Smyth May 20, 2017 at 11:49 pm #

      All I can say is if the Tories get in again it’s going to take an uprising to remove them

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