Restart a Heart Day hits home for Martin Haley

By Isobel Cootes
Updated October 11 2019 - 7:06pm, first published 3:13pm
Martin Haley was saved by the quick thinking of an off duty nurse performing CPR and using a defibrillator in May. The 58-year-old said he was "extremely lucky" to be alive. Image: Scott Gelston.
Martin Haley was saved by the quick thinking of an off duty nurse performing CPR and using a defibrillator in May. The 58-year-old said he was "extremely lucky" to be alive. Image: Scott Gelston.

Martin Haley was dead for seven minutes after he suffered a cardiac arrest mere minutes into his squash match in May but an off duty nurse saved his life by performing CPR and using a defibrillator.

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