Child Who Was Saved By AIIMS Doctors Mid-Air "Critical"
NDTV
As the situation got critical, the airline team efficiently coordinated with Nagpur airport authorities for emergency landing in Nagpur.
A child with heart problem and who was attended on board by a group of doctors in the New Delhi-bound Vistara flight is in critical stage on ventilator and on several live-saving drugs at a hospital in Nagpur, officials said on Monday.
According to a media brief issued by Deputy General Manager (Communications) of Nagpur-based KIMS-Kingsway Hospitals Aejaz Shami, "Late night on August 27, a critical medical situation arose involving an infant passenger travelling on Flight No. UK814 of Vistara Airlines from Bangalore to Delhi."
"In a remarkable display of preparedness and professionalism, co-passengers from medical backgrounds on board promptly initiated life-saving measures by providing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to the baby passenger," said the statement.
