South Korean doctors on Manila-bound flight save passenger in midair emergency - The Straits Times

South Korean doctors on Manila-bound flight save passenger in midair emergency  The Straits Times

Doctors on flight save passenger in midair emergency

South Korean doctors aboard a flight to the Philippines helped save a passenger who was unable to breathe, one of the physicians said Thursday. Kim Jeong-hwan, a professor of family medicine at Gangnam Eulji Medical Center, wrote on Facebook that a passenger fell seriously ill on a flight from Incheon to Manila on March 24. The passenger's pulse was dropping and she was struggling to breathe. Kim was traveling to a conference with other members of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine. The docto

By The Korea Herald

7 South Korean doctors on Manila flight save passenger who stopped breathing

Seven South Korean doctors flying to a medical conference in the Philippines saved a fellow passenger who collapsed and stopped breathing shortly after takeoff, one of the physicians recounted.