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NAGPUR: A 62-year-old diabetic man with a stent in his heart survived two back-to-back heart attacks at a city hospital recently, when he was revived from cardiac arrest almost 35 minutes after his heart stopped beating. Such survivals are not rare for heart institutes but in this case the patient had many difficult conditions. Neither age nor cardiac health of the patient was in favour, plus he had severe diabetes. Moreover, Covid-19 conditions placed additional limitations on doctors.
Senior cardiologist Dr Prashant Jagtap shared this case with TOI, which, he said, is an example of how team work and continuous use of CPR can save serious patients from near death situation.