Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Aug 6: In a compassionate act, the driver and conductor of a private bus rushed a passenger to the hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday. However, the man succumbed before reaching the hospital.

The Pereira Travels bus was traveling from Mangaluru to Manipal around 8:30 am on Monday when a passenger boarded at Kottara Chowki. Shortly after, the man collapsed and became unresponsive. Linet, an assistant lecturer at Kaup Nursing College, administered first aid and alerted the driver and conductor that the man had suffered a cardiac arrest. The driver and conductor immediately diverted the bus to Mukka hospital.

Anil, the conductor, said, "As soon as the passenger boarded the bus, he collapsed on a fellow passenger. Initially, I thought it was epilepsy, but we soon realized it was a heart attack and decided to rush him to the hospital. The hospital staff attended to him immediately."

Driver Ravi added, "The passenger used to ride our bus regularly before the onset of COVID in 2020, but I had not seen him since then."

Linet explained, "I performed CPR on the man as he collapsed due to cardiac arrest, but he was unresponsive. I then instructed the driver and conductor to take him to the nearest hospital."

Despite the best efforts of the co-passenger, driver, and conductor, the man unfortunately succumbed before reaching the hospital.