Guest guest Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 HEART STOPPER Cop flags down gran to take transplant organ for op after 999 crash By Harker A GRAN turned lifesaver when she helped drive a heart to a gravely-ill girl awaiting a transplant. Margaret Rollinson, 56, was flagged down by a policeman after an ambulance taking the heart to hospital crashed and blew out two of its tyres. He explained his mercy mission and put the heart in its container on the back seat of her car. Margaret raced through red lights in rush-hour traffic to drop the organ at a police station to continue to journey to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. Margaret said: "I left home that morning not expecting anything special to happen, it just goes to show you never know what is just around the corner." The heart had been flown to Luton Airport and had to get to the hospital within four hours. The ambulance rushing to the hospital crashed in Walthamstow, east London. A policeman called to the crash stopped Margaret as she was driving to work. Margaret said: "After asking me if I would take him to the nearest police station, he came back with an enormous box and put it on the back seat. "He said: 'I don't want to panic you but there is a heart in here.' "I tried to hare up the road as best I could at 8.50am. As I approached the traffic lights they went red - but he said, 'Don't worry, just go across'. "I then dropped him off at Walthamstow police station and wished him luck as he ran up the stairs. "I turned into a side road to catch my breath." Within minutes of the heart arriving at hospital, the three surgeons on standby started the transplant. The young patient is said to be recovering well. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=heart-stopper & method=full & objectid=19528134 & siteid=66633-name_page.html Peace and Love (`'·.¸(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´) ¸.·'´)«´¨ *Pam* ¨`»(¸.·'´(¸.·'´ `'·.¸)`' ·.¸) ¸.·´ ( `·.¸ `·.¸ ) ¸.·)´ (.·´ `*. *. "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer Presidenthttp://www.HEALSoftheSouth.orghttp://www.HEALSoftheSouth.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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