Telangana governor lauded for giving emergency care to passenger on IndiGo flight

Telangana governor and Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has earned public praise for providing emergency medical aid to a patient suffering chest pain and other symptoms on a flight from New Delhi to Hyderabad on Saturday.

Soundararajan was returning from Varanasi via New Delhi in an Indigo flight in the wee hours when an emergency announcement was made by the flight attendant asking if there was any physician among the passengers.

The governor, a qualified doctor, responded to the panic call and rushed to the passenger seated on the rear side of the aircraft. He was drowsy and sweating profusely.

Suspecting indigestion as the cause, Soundararajan made the patient lie flat, checked his vitals and treated him with first aid and supportive drugs.