article_snippet: Portnoy claims that ambulance staff said that Portnoy should find alternative transport, although the London Ambulance Service denies this.
article_snippet: Angry: Portnoy, spoke out against the nearby Whittington Hospital in an extended Facebook rant .
article_snippet: To make matters worse, when Portnoy arrived at the Whittington Hospital, staff told Portnoy that Portnoy would have to wait to allow staff to deal with more urgent, life-threatening cases.
article_snippet: At this point, Portnoy appeared to lose Portnoy temper. '
article_snippet: A very special NO THANKS to the staff at the Whittington Hospital for NOT seeing me regardless of telling staff that there is an audience waiting for our show to begin,' Portnoy wrote on Facebook. '
article_snippet: Portnoy online rant generated thousands of responses, as fans and members of the public accused Portnoy of being a 'diva' and trying to exploit Portnoy fame to go to the front of the queue.
article_snippet: Another fan, who said Portnoy was a doctor at the Whittington, wrote: 'As much as I'd jump at the opportunity to help you if I actually was on call tonight, please try to understand. '
article_snippet: The intensity of the row provoked Portnoy's wife, Marlene Portnoy, 51, to leap to his defence. '
article_snippet: Portnoy later apologised to staff at the Whittington.
article_snippet: On Facebook, Portnoy said that the episode was 'one of the worst days of my life'.