Another midair med crisis lands in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: For the third time this month, a midair health emergency made Ahmedabad airport officials frantically put in place medical arrangements on the ground. On Wednesday, a British Airways London-to-Mumbai flight (BA-199) made a priority landing at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport after a four-year-old fainted onboard.
Akash Shavili, who was traveling with his family to Mumbai, suffered an epileptic attack minutes after the flight had crossed Pakistan. Soon after he fainted, the British Airways aircraft, a Boeing 747, was diverted to Ahmedabad and air traffic control officials were informed about the emergency at 11.07 am. The flight landed in the city at 11.30 am. Akash was rushed to Apollo Hospital from the airport. Akash's parents Arvind and Madhvi are practising doctors settled in the West Indies for the past 14 years.
"Seven of us took the flight from London to Mumbai and from there were going to Hyderabad. Akash was absolutely okay when he boarded the flight, but suddenly got an epileptic attack. Things were brought under control in the flight and he was conscious but drowsy when the flight landed at Ahmedabad," said Akash's mother, Madhvi. The flight departed for Mumbai at 1.19 pm leaving the seven passengers behind.
Doctors attending to Akash at the Apollo said that the boy's condition was stable.
30/06/11 Times of India

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