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Dorchester taxi driver saves woman from deadly blood clot

A TAXI driver has been hailed a hero after saving the life of a pensioner who developed a deadly blood clot on her lung. Mike Scott of Bob’s Cars in Dorchester rushed Pat Thomas to Dorset County Hospital after he was called to her home to take her to a routine doctor’s appointment.

Pat, 76, of Damers Road in Dorchester, had become breathless, developed chest pains and was unable to speak. Doctors told Pat’s family that if Mike had not acted so quickly then she wouldn’t be here today.

Grandmother-of-two Pat said: “Thanks to Mike I’m still here.“I really cannot thank him enough. If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t still be here.” Mike, 68, of Cerne Abbas, said he could tell something was wrong when he went to pick regular client Pat up.

He added: “She’s normally quite punctual in coming out. This time I waited for five minutes and she opened the door and disappeared again. “When I went down the path I could see that she was having some kind of an attack. She was having trouble breathing, had chest pains and couldn’t talk.

“I said ‘I have to take you to A&E’. I’d never had a situation like this before. “Pat was in a lot of distress and could barely speak. I was worried she was not going to make it. “I was talking to her and trying to keep her calm. Luckily it was only half a mile to A&E and it didn’t take long to get there.”

Pat was treated at Dorset County Hospital for a blood clot on her lung and was kept in the cardiac care unit for eight days. She said: “I wasn’t conscious for a lot of the time. They told me when I came round that they had managed to disperse the clot.

“I’d nursed my husband Peter for the last 12 months of his life. I don’t know if it was to do with delayed shock from losing him. “It’s only recently they’ve got the blood back to a normal level.”

Pat said she sent some money and two thank you letters through the post to Bob’s Cars and to Mike to express her gratitude but they went missing.

She said: “I feel very appreciative and glad Mike was around – he’s a lovely man and he saved my life. “He’s a hero and I want to give him all the appreciation he deserves.”

Mike is a former headmaster who helped set up an international school in Portugal and now works part-time for Bob’s Cars. He said: “I don’t think I’m a hero. You have to think on your feet when something like this happens.

“As a committed Christian I believe that God put me in the right place at the right time to help Pat. I think His timing is impeccable.”

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