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Gemma Ryder

Woman who suffered cardiac arrest in Edinburgh's Botanic Garden meets man who saved her life

A woman who suffered cardiac arrest while walking through the Botanic Garden on holiday in Edinburgh has been reunited with the hero paramedic who saved her life.

Jeanne Reilly, from Berkshire, was with her friend Jane Wood in the capital when she collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on July 30 last year.

A retired GP and an off-duty doctor performed CPR and used a nearby defibrillator while the emergency services were called.

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