Anyone Read The Sun Newspaper (and Not Afraid To Admit It)

[Gareth B]

The story is about the "Lifesaving Miracle" that occured on a Tesco forecourt on New Years Eve.

My father suffered a heart attack (orricular fibrillation) while putting air in his tyre at Tescos on New Years Eve.

I was called in work (2mins away), picked up my mother from their house (1 min away) and got to the garage within a few minutes. When we got there a friend from work and some of the staff from tescos including the managers were comforting my father.

It was obvious he was in serious trouble, and he has a history of heart problems and similar attacks.

An ambulance had already been called but as i was looking around a member of public told me that there was a doctor on the forecourt filling his car.

When i looked over i saw it was our familys ex GP who had retired some time ago but had been at the surgery when my father was originally diagnosed with his heart condition.

Quite a relief as you can imagine and pretty much a fact that saved my fathers life and comforted my family during the time we waited for the Ambulance. I haven't seen the doctor since i shook his hand just as we were leaving with the ambulance but he is aware of how grateful we are and i will hopefully be seeing him soon.

My father is recovering in hospital and has been transferred today to a specialist unit for further tests and probably another operation in the near future.

He is in good spirits all considered and very thankfull as you can imagine to still be around. (Very philisophical and writing reams of poems - very good ones too.)

The press have got hold of this since my mother wrote to our local newspaper to post a letter thanking the staff at Tescos who were fantastic on the day even taking my fathers car home for us. We have also recieved fruit baskets, flowers cards etc from them.

Anyway the ambulance took 30 mins to get there and the crew would not use the defribulator (sp) they had on board the ambulance which he desperately needed, due to "policies". Much to the disgust of the doctor who had also phoned and requested they bring one and to my fustration as you can imagine (Had completed a course in November including the use of defibrilators).

One problem is that we are having numerous calls now, from press and reporters including the BBC, wanting to interview my father and wanting quotes and info from my mother. The doctor has also been contacted and has now gone away for a while.

The NHS trust have given a shoddy explanation of the issues which i won't go into as there are ongoing enquiries.

All in all an worrying and eventful start to the New Year.

Wow apologies for the long post!

[Blue84]

I read The Sun Newspaper, mainly at work - 35p for an "entertaining" read which is cheap! :!Removed!:

Saw that story too, glad your Father is on the mend...when I read it I did think that it was lucky the Doctor happened to be there at the precise time

[Al J]

For reasons other than it doesn't strike me as a 'news'paper, I never read the Sun.

Very pleased to hear your Dad is on the mend though.

My Mum is 77 and has had three heart attacks. Still managed to wear me out on a shopping trip around Chester last Saturday though!

[GIDDLEPIN]

Been buying the Sun for years (not afraid to admit it ) and yes I read that story.

With all those coincidences I guess it was meant to be

[Kev Mc]

Glad to hear your dad's on the road to recovery, thank God that Doctor was nearby.

I've never bought/read The Scum in my life & never will, it's literally not worth the paper it's printed on as far as I'm concerned & nothing would please me more than the company going bust.

[jay dh]

glad to hear ur father is on the road to recovery

[Charlies Angel]

blimey, i normally read the sun at work. glad to hear he is on the mend, good job the gp was there, tesco first aiders are usually old grannies who carry a plaster and a packet of polos for n emergency