Army doctor becomes troubleshooter, saves passenger's life in plane, emergency landing at Mumbai airport

An army doctor revived a seriously ill 27-year-old passenger on a flight from Pune to Chandigarh, saving his life. The doctor managed to save the passenger's life by administering medication, after which he requested an emergency landing at Mumbai airport. Major Simrat Rajdeep Singh, medical officer of Western Command Hospital in Chandimandir (Haryana), stated that while traveling from Pune to Chandigarh on an Indigo flight, his co-passenger began having difficulties breathing. His brother was also on the flight with the patient.

Speaking to the media, Major Simrat Rajdeep Singh said, "I asked the patient's brother about his past medical history. The medical report revealed that both the kidneys of the patient are small and do not function properly. He further said that the patient also had acute hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnea and he gradually started panting."

Major Rajdeep Singh said that the patient was sitting with all the important medicines with him. He gave the necessary medicines to the patient through an intravenous line. He was kept on oxygen support for an hour. He appealed to the flight captain to reduce the altitude and make an emergency landing. Since Mumbai airport was the nearest, the pilot made an emergency landing there. Preparations were made to take the patient to the hospital only after the flight landed. The patient was taken to RN Cooper Hospital run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.