<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A grandfather who was forced to lie on a hospital floor for more than 24 hours has prompted an admission from NSW Premier Chris Minns. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Raymond Ryan, 70, was so unwell he was taken to Blacktown Hospital in Western Sydney about 4pm on Saturday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was given an urgent blood and iron transfusion but was forced to lie in agony on the floor of the hospital while he waited for a bed.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/greg-josephson-universal-store-cofounder-family-shuts-down-cafe-noosa-noosa-general-store-and-eumundi-sourdough-co/6e933c8c-1cc2-4391-b876-bf71a1c22c06" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Family of slain Universal Store co-founder forced to make 'tough call'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was not until 9.30am on Monday that he was finally given a place to sleep.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beside him, a man aged in his 80s was afforded a blanket but also had nowhere to rest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ryan's daughter Hayley Leatham took a photo of the sight, saying she felt "guilty and completely helpless".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/blacktown-hospital-grandfather-lay-on-hospital-floor-for-more-than-24-hours/01e8452d-b7f0-4cac-b059-94562a3438cc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Heartbreaking and not acceptable," she said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, Minns admitted the images were confronting and said it was "not good enough".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want to do better," he said </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association general secretary Shaye Candish said the system is under "so much strain".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our members are screaming out for support," she said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cure-to-deadly-virus-affecting-10-million-australia-study/69080296-61fe-4cda-a444-00bcb951364c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Australian study finds potential treatment for virus impacting millions</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said Blacktown Hospital was at the "bottom of the heap" when it came to emergency department presentations and delivery.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When you have now had three budgets and you've got a problem like Blacktown Hospital, you are the problem and not the solution," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Minns government, which campaigned on fixing the health system, said it was working to deliver Blacktown an additional 30 beds.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Less than a month ago, treatment wait times saw the Western Sydney Local Health District's chief executive was forced to step down.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But workers have told 9News that hospitals are still suffering because they need more staff. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tamika-chesser-south-australia-police-launch-new-searches-for-missing-remains/c98ab257-44be-4de7-b976-2cdffd1cb89f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Search for man's remains continues after former reality contestant charged</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An email from Westmead Hospital Department heads alerting the government to serious shortfalls across various departments was leaked exclusively to 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are understaffed, unsafe, staff are burning out," the email read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Candish said the workforce needs investment but the Minns government is still negotiating with the union, offering them a three per cent pay increase.</span></div></div>