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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Louise Lazell

The sad story that shows why everyone should learn CPR

A teenager who felt “helpless” as she overheard her family’s frantic cries on the phone as her grandmother suffered a cardiac arrest says she is now determined to help save lives as a volunteer with St John Ambulance.

While studying for her school exams last year, Zehra Azim, 19, was with her mother, architect Sakina Naqvi, 44, when they received a devastating call that her grandmother, Syeda Sultana Naqvi, 72, had gone into cardiac arrest.

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