Chennai: In a tragic end to her tale, a 68-year-old Omani woman who was flying back to Muscat after receiving treatment for cancer at a hospital in Chennai, had a sudden heart attack just before boarding her plane.
Alaami Maryam, who had flown down ?to the city to receive advanced cancer care at a private hospital around a month ago, was apparently returning because there had not been too much of a change in her condition.
Along with her two sons, the woman had checked in for her flight to Muscat, Oman Airways flight WY 552 and had made it to the security hold area and was awaiting the boarding call. "A little before 7 am, she began to complain of breathlessness and she clutched her chest. Her sons called for help and we rushed her to the airport's emergency medical centre," said a police official, who was on duty this morning. Sadly, her breathing had stopped by then.
Even as her 7.20 am flight was boarded and left on time, the doctors attempted in vain to revive the elderly lady, but with little success.
15/07/14 New Indian Express
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Alaami Maryam, who had flown down ?to the city to receive advanced cancer care at a private hospital around a month ago, was apparently returning because there had not been too much of a change in her condition.
Along with her two sons, the woman had checked in for her flight to Muscat, Oman Airways flight WY 552 and had made it to the security hold area and was awaiting the boarding call. "A little before 7 am, she began to complain of breathlessness and she clutched her chest. Her sons called for help and we rushed her to the airport's emergency medical centre," said a police official, who was on duty this morning. Sadly, her breathing had stopped by then.
Even as her 7.20 am flight was boarded and left on time, the doctors attempted in vain to revive the elderly lady, but with little success.
15/07/14 New Indian Express
