An NHS nurse was allegedly 'kicked off' a bus after a driver refused to accept her £20 note.
The health worker, who was travelling from St Helens to Whiston Hospital, in Merseyside, even showed the bus company employee her NHS pass as proof but was still booted off.
A taxi driver who collected the woman after she was told to get off the bus on Thursday morning described her treatment as 'disgusting', especially as it happened during the coronavirus crisis.
Joe Millea, who works for Britannia Taxis, told the Liverpool Echo that the woman was visibly upset when she got into his cab.
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He added: "I picked up the lady at 6.30am and she told me that she had tried to get on a bus before she called the cab.
"She was very upset when she got in the cab. She told me she'd been waiting for the bus for about 20 minutes.
"She only had a £20 note on her, and didn't have a card. She said the driver would only accept change and told her she had to leave the bus."
Joe said that the story left him feeling "disgusted" and that he found it "unbelievable" that the nurse was asked to leave the bus.
He added: "It disgusted me enough to speak out about it.
"With everything that's going on at the moment we should be supporting NHS staff not chucking them off a bus at 6am.
"It really is unbelievable that it could happen and that it almost stopped a nurse from getting to her shift on time.
"I think that the bus company should take responsibility for this because it's shameful."
