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Noodle shop hero saves 2 lives after food gets stuck in his throat and an employee with epilepsy relapses

Udon Thani, A life-threatening moment for a hero at a boat noodle shop in Udon Thani Province who saved a foreigner who was choking on food and an employee who was having an epileptic seizure, both of whom survived. The incidents occurred on the same day. In the first incident, CCTV footage from the Praethong Noodle Shop on Prajak Road in Udon Thani Municipality captured a foreign male customer eating when he suddenly choked on his food. His Thai wife, who was sitting opposite him, rushed to help him pat his chest. The shop staff noticed and rushed to provide first aid until he was safe. The incident occurred at 12:00 noon on June 29. In another clip, an employee of a noodle shop suffering from epilepsy suddenly had a seizure and fell to the floor. The shop's employees were shocked but came to help until he was safe. This incident also happened on the same day. Ms. Piyathida Phimpha and Mr. Sorachat Phanomai, the noodle shop employees who were present at the incident, said that they were boiling noodles w hen they noticed a foreign customer who was eating noodles suddenly coughing as if food was stuck in his throat and was short of breath. He looked down as if he was going to pass out. Then his wife, who was eating noodles opposite him, got up and slapped her husband on the chest. The shop owner noticed this and quickly ran up behind him, hugged him, and shook him, which helped him recover from his choking. In addition, on the same day at around 4:00 p.m., a new employee of the shop had a seizure and fell off the chair. Ploy came to help, gave first aid, and called for rescue workers to come and take him to the hospital, and the new employee never came to work again. Both of them said that they were shocked by the 2 incidents that happened because the shop had never encountered such incidents before. But we were mindful. But we must also praise the shop owner, Ploy, who had more mindfulness than us. In a critical situation, she went to help a foreign customer who was choking on food and a shop employee who h ad epilepsy until both of them were safe. Source: Thai News Agency