SURAT THANI – A 39-year-old nurse on holiday has received an avalanche of praise from netizens for saving the life of a middle-aged German cyclist who collapsed from an apparent heart problem on a road in Muang district on Saturday.
Two video clips featuring the nurse trying to resuscitate the collapsed man on Surat-Na San Road in tambon Khun Thalae in Muang district went viral online and drew plaudits from many Facebook users.
Srikanya Chuerob, 39, a nurse at Surat Thani Hospital who saved Gunter Retsch's life, said she was travelling in a car with her family on the way to start their holiday in Ban Na San district when they came across the German man and his friend. The friend was holding Mr Retsch with one hand and frantically waving with the other to attract attention.