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BAMC doc helps care for unresponsive child on plane
230929-D-HZ730-3414.JPG Photo By: Jason W. Edwards

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAN HOUSTON, Texas - Army Capt. (Dr.) Ronak Patel, a neurologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, was returning home with his wife and baby, after visiting family in Maryland when an urgent call asking for a physician came over the plane's intercom. A child on the plane became unresponsive and they needed a physician to help save the child. Patel was able to assist until the plane landed and Emergency Medical Services came to provide additional care.


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