As a medical professional, Dr. Suraj Singh knows exactly what difference being flown to hospital by the local Air Ambulance Services from Patna made to his recovery faster after going through cardiac arrest suffrage.

“It’s all down to time. Having the Proper treatment as fast as possible is actually crucial in terms of least damage to the heart muscle, memory and brain,” he explains.

“The air Ambulance in Patna provided a critical care doctor who gave me drugs which helped my condition, and the quick-shifting to the hospital was crucial in the chain of events that saved my life,” he says.

Dr. Suraj "felt completely fine” on the morning in November last year when he was taking part in the weekly class he has attended at the local leisure centre for the past 15 years.

“I was doing a backward lunge and the next thing I was waking up in intensive care,” he says.

There is a past of heart problems in Dr. Suraj's family and makes him being a non-smoker, not obese and exercising continues he believes “it is inevitable that I would have had a cardiac arrest at some point.”

Looking back now he says that he “was in the accurate place at the accurate time” after a medical evacuation Ambulance from Patna.

“If I had a cardiac arrest when I was out walking on my own in the center of nowhere the outcome would actually be different,” he says.

Dr. Suraj spent over 10 days in hospital – 57 hours in an induced coma – and whiles that time he had an implantable cardio vertex defibrillator (ICD) and a stent fitted.

Five months later he is walking up to three miles a day, by following a programmed of cardiac rehabilitation exercises and says he feels absolutely fine. He seems to be back to work in 2021.