A pensioner’s postcode is putting her health at risk as ambulances keep going to the wrong address.

Terry Heath, from Reddingmuirhead, suffers from terminal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and has had to call for help seven times in the past year.

Her condition means she needs hospital treatment when she becomes short of breath or she could die.

But when the 69-year-old gives the emergency service the address and postcode – FK2 0DU – for her cottage, Holloville, in Shieldhill Road, ambulances have ended up a mile away in Shieldhill.

Ms Heath said: “It’s driving me mad. The last time I waited over an hour for the ambulance to get here and police had to re-direct it.

via Falkirk Herald.