SINGAPORE - A doctor on his way to work at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital saved a heart attack victim, and then took a bus to the accident and emergency (A&E) department where he ended up being the man's attending physician. Paramedics who rushed the man to the hospital were not aware Dr Lim Shi Ping was working that day. The...
Dr Lim Shi Ping, a medical officer at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's accident and emergency department, saved the life of a man who had a heart attack at Yishun MRT.SINGAPORE - A doctor on his way to work at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital saved a heart attack victim, and then took a bus to the accident and emergency department where he ended up being the man's attending physician.The 63-year-old man survived the heart attack and was discharged from hospital five days later.
SMRT station manager Kelvin Leong jumped in and instructed station staff to get the automated external defibrillator . He also took over CPR while Dr Lim prepared the AED."In a hospital, there are medical personnel. Everyone is trained, and they know their roles in the resuscitation," he said. "The paramedics said: 'I didn't know you were going to work, we would have given you a ride'," he said.
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