Man suffers cardiac arrest outside Chatham medical centre
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Crowds gathered outside a doctors' surgery today after a man
suffered a cardiac arrest in the car park.
Paramedics were called to the Bryant Street Medical Centre,
Chatham, at 10.30am.
They took three minutes to get there, but witnesses said the
man died at the scene.
Police and ambulance spokesmen have not
confirmed whether the man died, but a police spokesman
said undertakers were called. The man was taken away in an
ambulance shortly after 11.30am.
Four people who tried to help the man claimed they watched
others walk past him without stopping.
One of the four, White Road resident Claire Lovell, 28, fainted
from shock and was treated by paramedics.
She said: "I was here for a doctor's appointment and saw him
lying on his back. We stayed on the phone to the ambulance and
turned him to the recovery position.
"He was blue and his arms were stiff. I ran in to fetch a doctor
but they didn't come before the ambulance arrived."
An ambulance spokesman said the man was thought to be in his
60s.
Ben Bolt, 24, dialled 999. He said: "I was going to my
girlfriend's house when I saw him there and tried to help. I saw a
few people look at him and walk on - some people
are disgusting."
Three police cars and three ambulances were at the scene as
police roped off a strip of the road, which is next to the main A2
through Chatham.
Wednesday, February 22 2012
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