'You were knocking at those (heavenly) gates a few times and we weren't letting you go in'
A rugby coach who had a heart attack on holiday returned to thank the doctor who saved his life and was told: "You were knocking at those gates a few times and we weren't letting you go in". Father-of-two Mark Lang suffered three cardiac arrests and was revived each time by a team involving a consultant cardiologist at Cork University Hospital.
Mr Lang, a former amateur rugby league player, said: "I woke up at 3am and thought I had indigestion, I started to be sick and after an hour, I had a shower; I thought that might help me feel a bit better. I lay down for about 20 minutes, woke up again and the pain was so intense in my hands and jaw, I told Julie I needed to get to hospital.
Mrs Lang said: "I was just standing there watching. They came from everywhere; doctors, nurses, all the clinicians, anaesthetists, the response was amazing." Ms Lang said: "At home, our local hospital is 20 minutes away. If we were here, Mark could have arrested in the car and might not have survived. It obviously wasn’t his time to go."
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