Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to get a grip on the hospital waiting times crisis after a patient was forced to wait 84 hours for treatment at a hospital in Ayrshire.
The First Minister admitted the situation in A&E departments across the country is "not acceptable". It comes after waiting times reached a record low.
According to the latest statistics, just 63.5 per cent of patients were dealt with within four hours.
The Scottish Government aims for 95 per cent of patients to be seen and then admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours. Out of 14 health boards, just one - NHS Western Isles - met the four-hour standard.
At First Minister's Questions today Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross highlighted the case of a patient that had to wait more than three days for treatment.
Ross said: "New information we uncovered reveals just how horrendous the waiting times are at Scottish hospitals. An FOI response has revealed that one patient at a hospital in Ayrshire had to wait 84 hours for treatment.
"That’s three and a half days, the equivalent of turning up for emergency treatment right now, and not being seen until next week in the early hours of Monday morning.
"First Minister, is that really what anyone in Scotland should go through in 2022?"
Sturgeon replied: "No that is clearly an unacceptable situation, but also an exceptional situation. I'm certainly more than willing to look into the particular circumstances around that.
"I've been very clear, firstly, that the current performances is not acceptable. I would not and do not shy away from saying that.
"Secondly, I've been very clear about the action the government is taking to support those on the frontline to ensure that there is much speedier access to accident and emergency and to health care services more generally."
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