We have seen in movies and series that the doctors perform life-saving operations in a movie vehicle. What if it happens in real life?
Alert flight attendants and four doctors traveling on an Air India flight from Delhi to Birmingham in the UK came to the rescue of an 80-year-old passenger after he complained of breathlessness. The passenger, a heart patient, complained of “mild discomfort and breathlessness” shortly before the Sunday flight — AI 113 — was scheduled to land in Birmingham.
One of the cabin crew saw the elderly passenger, a heart patient, lying unconscious in his seat mid-way through the flight to Birmingham on Sunday and alerted other flight attendants, an airline source said.
The flight attendants sought medical assistance on the public announcement system and a family of three paramedics and three doctors traveling as passengers helped to bring the situation under control.
The patient was attended to by paramedics after the flight landed in Birmingham. Pilot-in-command Nivedita Bhasin tweeted that timely intervention of flight attendants and the doctors helped avoid a flight diversion.
“Blessed to be able to save a life. Grateful to the 4 doctors onboard — Mr. Balwant Rai Bubber, Dr. Guneesh Dayal, Dr. Rahul Kumar, Dr. Chandra VN Cheruvu, and timely intervention by cabin crew, who saved an in-flight diversion on @airindiain. Passenger safe, attended by paramedics on arrival,” Bhasin tweeted.
In another tweet, Bhasin said the passenger was a heart patient and complained of “discomfort and breathlessness” and that the cabin crew were “extremely vigilant” and alerted the doctors.
Air India’s AI 113 took off from Delhi at 1:15 pm on Sunday and landed at Birmingham on time at 5:15 pm local time.
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