Bengaluru doctor recalls helping woman with seizures on Air India Delhi-Toronto flight

Air India thanked the Bengaluru doctor for his help with the medical emergency.

A Bengaluru doctor recently shared a tale of how he and another doctor helped with a medical emergency aboard a Delhi-Toronto Air India flight. The flyer, a woman, apparently had a seizure and needed medical assistance immediately.

"On my way to Toronto from Delhi by Air India, I along with a radiologist from Toronto, Satheesh Krishna, were called to attend to a middle-aged lady who had seizures and disorientation," wrote Sundar Sankaran, director of  Aster Institute of Renal Transplantation in Bengaluru.

The flight had not yet taken off so the woman was offloaded and put under the care of doctors from Medanta medical centre at the airport. Her vitals were stable, Dr Sankaran added.

"The Air India staff were very cooperative and professional
Thanks to security concerns the whole aircraft underwent security screening and clearance and the flight was delayed by an hour," he said.

Responding to the incident, Air India wrote on X, "Dear Mr Sankaran, we honor you for the part you played! Thank you. It always feels blessed to have a persona like you amongst us, who never hesitates to extend their helping hands to people. Thank you for noticing our staff commitment and will surely pass on your appreciation."

Dear Mr Sankaran, we honor you for the part you played! Thank you. It always feels blessed to have a persona like you amongst us, who never hesitate to extend their helping hands for people. Thank you for noticing our staff commitment and will surely pass on your appreciation.

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— Air India (@airindia) November 20, 2023

The doctor also recounted how this was the third time he had been called to for medical assistance aboard a flight in the 45 years of his medical career.

"The first time was from the Delhi to Bengaluru flight an IAF officer developed chest pain and I could give emergency care and the officer was taken immediately to command hospital airforce and was treated for acute MI (myocardial infarction or heart attack)," Dr Sankaran wrote. "The chief of the Air Force sent me a thank you letter but what was touching was the letter of thanks from the wife and daughter of the IAF officer patient
For a young doctor who had just begun his career, the letters meant a lot."

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