Omani national dies of heart attack at the intl airport

Mumbai: Sixty-seven-year-old Sharifa Mohammed, a resident of Oman, died of heart attack at the international airport at Sahar on Wednesday morning. The deceased Sharifa Mohammed and her family had come to visit Mumbai in the first week of July on a tourist visa and were on their way back to Oman when the incident took place.
Around 7am, Sharifa, who was accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, was wheeled by the airline staff to board Oman Air’s flight WY 806 that was parked at bay number 46 of the Sahar terminal. “After she boarded the flight, she complained of uneasiness and was then wheeled out of the aircraft by our staff,” an airport official said.
The airline staff then informed the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) doctors who reached the spot within 10 minutes. “The doctors found the patient lying unresponsive in the chair. They could not feel the pulse or blood pressure,” the spokesperson for MIAL said.
Sharifa was taken to the Tops Line ambulance and cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started immediately. She was also given oxygen, but there was no response from the patient. Around 7.50am, she was declared dead by the doctors and her relatives were informed. The body was sent to the Cooper hospital, Vile Parle (w) for a post-mortem and was handed over to Sharifa’s relatives by afternoon, who took the body to Oman by the evening flight.
17/07/08 Navita/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Jul 2008, Foreign Jul 2008, Safety Jul 2008