Chinese boy returns from dead as doctors restart heart after 30 minutes
- Five physicians fight for 30 minutes and apply pressure to chest 3,600 times
- Toddler who choked on fruit snack in shop is in coma at Guangdong hospital
Doctors in southern China revived a toddler more than 30 minutes after his heart stopped when he choked on a piece of banana.
The one-year-old was resuscitated as five doctors took turns to perform cardiac massage at a hospital in Foshan, Guangdong province, on the weekend, Guangzhou Daily reported.
One doctor described the child’s recovery as “a miracle”, while the hospital said the boy’s vital signs were stable but he was comatose and his breathing was assisted by a machine.
The child was taken to the Shunde Women and Children’s Hospital on Sunday night after his mother – identified by her surname Lin – found him suffocating.
Lin said she had given him a banana while they were shopping and, 10 minutes later, the child began to struggle for breath, the report said.
By the time they arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, his breathing and heart had stopped.