An 89 year old man admitted to a Perth hospital with a severe chest infection coughing blood, waited eight and a half hours in emergency before he was forced to go home without being seen by a doctor.

The mans daughter Kim told 6PR Mornings host Liam Bartlett, the Perth hospital system is appalling and there needs to be changes.

“If McGowan thinks this is ok, nurses keep on fighting,” said Kim.

Kim said her father-in-law was went through two bottles of oxygen while waiting to be seen.

This comes just three months after Kim lost her mother-in-law to hospital neglect.

Click PLAY below to hear what Kim had to say

Australian Nursing Federation state secretary Janet Reah also spoke to Mr Bartlett about poor state of the WA health system.

“They don’t listen to us… this is not numbers, this is peoples lives,” said Ms Reah.

From three pm Perth nurses will be taking industrial action by banning over-census patients on wards, double shifts and overtime.