Denied quick aid, man dies at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: A Bharuch resident, who suffered a heart attack at the Mumbai International Airport, died on Tuesday due to the delay in timely medical attention.
According to sources, two hospitals near the airport turned away the patient before he got admitted to a nursing home 90 minutes after he suffered the attack. And the delay proved fatal for Qutbuddin Banglawala (68). He landed around 12.30 pm after visiting his daughter in London. He was travelling alone in a Virgin Atlantic flight.
After clearing immigration while he was standing near the conveyor belt, he suffered the cardiac arrest. "The airport doctor was informed about at 12.50 and when he reached the spot, Banglawala was lying on the floor," said an official.
Bharat Trivedi, a doctor on AAI's panel, was the only doctor present, and he tried to revive the patient with cardiac pulmonary resusciation and defibrillator shocks.
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