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Daniel Keane

Man pronounced dead for 7 minutes says defibrillator ‘saved my life’

A man who was pronounced clinically dead for seven minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest outside a tube station has said a defibrillator “saved his life” as the London Ambulance Service was given access to a vital database of the devices.

Ripon Danis, 41, went into cardiac arrest outside Highbury and Islington station in November 2018 after attending a Muay Thai class.

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