"I asked about the previous medical history of the
Clinically, the patient was in "fluid overload" and was getting drowsy. He also had accelerated hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnoea and he gradually he started gasping, the medical officer said.
The crew had most of the necessary equipment and drugs available in their medical emergency kit, he said.
Singh said he administered the required emergency drugs to the patient through intravenous line access and kept him on continuous oxygen support for an hour.
He also requested the flight captain to lower the altitude and make an emergency landing at the nearest place, as Chandigarh was still two hours away.
Since Mumbai was the nearest airport, the flight made an emergency landing here. Preparations were made in the meantime to rush the patient to hospital as soon as the flight landed, he said.
The patient was rushed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run R N Cooper Hospital.
"Maj Simrat Rajdeep Singh of #WesternCommandHospital,Chandimandir while on board @Indigo6E724 from Goa to Chandigarh saved the life of a 27 year old critically ill patient. He resuscitated the patient & requested for an emergency landing at #Mumbai,"
Singh said he spoke to the doctor treating the man here. An emergency dialysis was conducted on him and he was feeling better, he added.