Doctor to get award for saving man at Yishun MRT station

He tended to heart attack victim while on his way to work; 4 SMRT staff to be lauded too

- Christine Tan

A doctor on his way to work at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital saved a heart attack victim, and then took a bus to the accident and emergency (A&E) department where he ended up being the man's attending physician.

Paramedics who rushed the man to the hospital were not aware Dr Lim Shi Ping was working that day.

The 63-year-old man survived the heart attack and was discharged from hospital five days later.

The incident happened around 7.30am on Aug 18.

The 27-year-old junior doctor told The Sunday Times that he had left his car at home to catch the train, from where he lives in Novena, to Yishun because it was a Sunday. At the Yishun MRT station, he noticed a crowd at the bottom of the escalator. A man had collapsed and was gasping for air.

Dr Lim, who has been a doctor for two years, pushed through the crowd and introduced himself as a medical doctor. The man had no pulse by then.

The doctor immediately commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and directed people around him to call for an ambulance.

SMRT station manager Kelvin Leong jumped in and instructed station staff to get the automated external defibrillator (AED). He also took over CPR while Dr Lim prepared the AED.