AN Andover man who had a heart attack says he owes his life to an Andover paramedic who used a life-saving drug, which dramatically helped his recovery.
Bob Marshall, who lives in King Arthur's Way suffered his first heart attack last month. Since then he has suffered a second and is now in hospital.
Even so the 48-year-old has launched an attack on plans to close Andover's ambulance station.
"It's immoral for the local authority to shut that place down, just because they want to save a few pounds. I'm sick and tired of finance being put above people's lives," he said.
Bob was in Andover town centre when his first heart attack began. He called an ambulance. Luckily paramedic Michael Burrows was working overtime.
He is one of a handful of paramedics in the area who can administer a drug called Thrombolytics. The drug is injected and dissolves clots in the coronary artery. Understandably Bob is very grateful to the Ambulance Service and dreads to think what would have happened if Michael had finished on time that day.
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