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Rescue team manage to resuscitate man who drowned at Corniche beach
The 24-year-old man’s heart stopped for seven minutes before the team revived him using the Emergency Heart-Shock Device.
- By Dina Aboul Hosn, Staff Reporter
- Published: 20:25 May 11, 2008
Abu Dhabi : A rescue team from Abu Dhabi Police managed to revive an Indian man after he drowned off the Abu Dhabi Corniche.
The 24-year-old man's heart stopped for seven minutes before the team revived him using the Emergency Heart-Shock Device.
The Abu Dhabi Police Emergency and Public Safety Department received a report from the central operations room that the man drowned while he was swimming on Saturday.
A team from the department rushed to the scene and resuscitated the man's heart before taking him to Shaikh Khalifa Hospital in Abu Dhabi
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