You’d think that yelling “I’ve been stabbed” would get you medical attention. We’ll, think again:

A teenager bleeding profusely after being stabbed in the back was treated by patients in a GP’s waiting room after being ignored by doctors and staff, it was claimed today.

For 20 minutes patients used toilet paper to stem the flow of blood from two four inch deep wounds in Damien Palmer’s back.

Eventually two community support policemen gave emergency First Aid after being called by another patient and they then radioed for an ambulance.

A&E doctors discovered one of the wounds had deflated his left lung while the other was so deep that doctors could actually touch his liver.

Churchgoer Damien, who is 19 today, slammed staff at the Lord Lister medical centre in Forest Gate, east London.

He said: “It was truly appalling – I could have died right there in doctors’ surgery. What was I supposed to do, phone up and make an appointment?”