A FAMILY has spoken of how a mix of early intervention, an oxygen device and “hero” nurses saved their dad s life when he was hospitalised with Covid-19. Gulam Ahmed, 69, who moved to Blackburn from India as a teenager, developed symptoms of coronavirus on around January 7 and got a test on January 9 which came back positive. Gulam’s daughter, Masterchef finalist and pharmacist Moonira Hinglotwala and her husband Riaz, who run Riaz Pharmacy on Randal Street dropped off an oximeter so that his son, Chirag Ahmed, could keep an eye on his dad’s oxygen levels due to him suffering with diabetes and asthma.