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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sukhmani Sethi

Doctor saves life of man who almost died twice on board flight to India

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A doctor battled to save a man’s life for five hours while 40,000ft in the air after the passenger went into cardiac arrest on a flight to India.

Dr Vishwaraj Vemala, a consultant hepatologist in Birmingham, was on a 10-hour flight when a 43-year-old man collapsed in the aisle.

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