Ian Gray was in his Heaton gym when he began to realise something was wrong.
The 63-year-old retired dentist had finished a workout when another gym-goer remarked that he "really didn't look well". This was around 11. By half past one, Ian was lying in the recovery suite at the Freeman Hospital having undergone surgery to fit a stent to restore bloodflow to his heart.
Now, less than two months later, Ian has spoken out about how lucky he was, how the NHS saved his life and how it's vitally important to ring 999 if you think something may be seriously wrong or you may be having a heart attack.
