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Miss England helps woman who collapsed at Walsall football match | Miss England helps woman who collapsed at Walsall football match |
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The reigning Miss England helped resuscitate a woman who collapsed at a charity football match. | |
Bhasha Mukherjee, who recently qualified as a junior doctor, was attending the game in Walsall earlier this week when the woman fell ill. | Bhasha Mukherjee, who recently qualified as a junior doctor, was attending the game in Walsall earlier this week when the woman fell ill. |
She said she gave the woman oxygen, monitored her pulse and cared for her until paramedics arrived to take her to hospital. | |
Dr Mukherjee, from Derby, said caring for the woman was a "team effort". | Dr Mukherjee, from Derby, said caring for the woman was a "team effort". |
Crowned Miss England in August, she said she had been invited to Rushall Olympic Football Club on 1 October by consultant paediatrician Prof Rashid Gatrad and his charity, Walsall Against Single Use Plastic. | Crowned Miss England in August, she said she had been invited to Rushall Olympic Football Club on 1 October by consultant paediatrician Prof Rashid Gatrad and his charity, Walsall Against Single Use Plastic. |
"I was going around the stalls when I got approached by one of the organisers who said they needed me on a professional basis," she said. | "I was going around the stalls when I got approached by one of the organisers who said they needed me on a professional basis," she said. |
"I thought maybe they needed me to announce something, but she said, 'No, there's a medical emergency.'" | "I thought maybe they needed me to announce something, but she said, 'No, there's a medical emergency.'" |
When they arrived, she said the woman was very pale and had a weak pulse. | When they arrived, she said the woman was very pale and had a weak pulse. |
Dr Mukherjee, who works at a hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, said: "I took my crown off, got my sash off and got down on my hands and knees - the dress I was in was not really appropriate for CPR." | |
Along with Prof Gatrad and St John Ambulance workers, Dr Mukherjee gave the woman oxygen and they tried to work out what caused her to collapse. | Along with Prof Gatrad and St John Ambulance workers, Dr Mukherjee gave the woman oxygen and they tried to work out what caused her to collapse. |
She began to regain consciousness by the time paramedics arrived to take her to Manor Hospital, Dr Mukherjee added. | She began to regain consciousness by the time paramedics arrived to take her to Manor Hospital, Dr Mukherjee added. |
"I felt relieved to have some first aiders and a senior doctor at the scene as saving a life is never a one man job and always a team effort," she said. | "I felt relieved to have some first aiders and a senior doctor at the scene as saving a life is never a one man job and always a team effort," she said. |
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