Quick-thinking medics save woman who had allergic reaction to turkey sandwich

QUICK-THINKING medics saved the life of a woman who struggled into their surgery – after suffering an allergic reaction to a turkey sandwich.

Doctor Simranjeet Kaur and nurse Angela Martindale gave two shots of adrenaline to June Kettle at Heathcote Street Surgery, in Chesterton.

The 58-year-old grandmother-of-three had a swollen face and blisters all over her body after suffering an anaphylactic shock.

The reaction is being blamed on the turkey sandwich June had eaten just hours earlier while on a day trip to Bury.

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Staff were just about to leave the surgery when June was rushed there by her neighbour.

June, of Wenlock Close, Chesterton, said: "I have never had an allergic reaction before but I looked like I had been thrown in a bed of nettles.

"My whole body was on fire. I was like a beetroot.

"I noticed my arms swelling first, then everything else.

"I remember walking into the surgery and having one of the injections, but not much else.

"I didn't realise how bad I was, but I might not be alive if we had got there much later.

"The staff were brilliant."

Dr Kaur, aged 35, of Cheadle, had just finished seeing her last patient at 6pm on Wednesday when the drama unfolded.

She said: "When I saw her, her lips were severely swollen and she was so red she looked like a boiled lobster.

"She was struggling to breathe so we administered adrenaline in the hope her symptoms would start to clear up. When she wasn't improving we gave her another shot of adrenaline."

Dr Kaur then called for an ambulance for June, who is a patient at the practice.

She was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for tests and returned home at around 3am on Thursday.

Dr Kaur added: "I have worked in A&E and it was the worst reaction to anything I have ever seen.

"The lady told us she had taken two tablets and was just going to go home to bed. She only came to us when her neighbour got concerned.

"I am just so glad she came when she did because a few minutes later and we would not have been there. If she had gone to bed she would not have woken up again."

June was back at the surgery yesterday afternoon for more tests.

Mrs Martindale, of Longton, added: "I was walking out of the door when the lady came in, she looked very unwell so I went to get Dr Kaur.

"I don't think she realised how ill she was.

"I have only worked at the surgery for about 13 months, but nothing like this has ever happened before.

"I dread to think what would have happened if we had not been there."