A group of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi who were travelling on the same flight saved the life of a two-year-old toddler, who stopped breathing mid-air onboard a Bangalore-Delhi Vistara flight on Sunday.According to the information, the five senior resident doctors of AIIMS Delhi were also on board Vistara flight UK-814 when the incident happened, and while being travelling on the same flight, they saved the toddlers life by administering emergency medical treatment.The announcement for the distress call was made by the flight crew before the aircraft was diverted to Nagpur. The distress call was regarding a two-year-old cyanotic female child, who was operated on for intracardiac repair and was unconscious and cyanosed.Responding immediately to the call, five doctors, Dr Navdeep Kaur, Dr Damandeep Singh, Dr Rishab Jain, Dr Oishika and Dr Avichala Taxak started the emergency medical treatment and examined the child.While giving the information about the incident, AIIMS Delhi tweeted, wrote, “The child was examined. His pulse was absent, extremities were cold, child was not breathing with cyanosed lips and fingers.”#Always available #AIIMSParivarWhile returning from ISVIR- on board Bangalore to Delhi flight today evening, in Vistara Airline flight UK-814- A distress call was announcedIt was a 2 year old cyanotic female child who was operated outside for intracardiac repair , was… pic.twitter.com/crDwb1MsFM— AIIMS, New Delhi (@aiims_newdelhi) August 27, 2023On air, Immediate CPR was started and with limited resources, using skilled work and active management, the team was able to save the child.
