A Life-Saving Team – Forever Grateful to Bupa South Queensferry
I cannot recommend the team at Bupa South Queensferry highly enough. I’ve been a patient there for several years and have always left with a smile – literally. Over time, I’ve gotten to know Lubino, Dr. Rania Savidi, and Emily, and funnily enough, it turned out that Lubino is not only part of the practice but also a neighbour and a fellow parent at my daughter's school.
What happened last Sunday morning at an unthinkable hour has left me in awe and filled with gratitude.
My husband began experiencing severe pain in his left chest and arm. Recognising the symptoms of a heart attack, I called 999. After confirming that it was, in fact, a heart attack, the emergency services told me that an ambulance could take over an hour and fifteen minutes to arrive.
Out of desperation, I picked up the phone and called Lubino at 2:30am.
Within five minutes, he was at our door. He understood immediately how serious the situation was and drove my husband straight to the hospital himself. His phone battery had died, but somehow he managed to arrange for Dr Avis Dacosta, also part of the Bupa team, and Dr. Rania Savidi to come to my house so I could go to the hospital — I’m a mother of three, including a 14-month-old, and my children were asleep.
These incredible people came out in the early hours of a Sunday morning, some bringing their own children, others leaving theirs, just to help.
It didn’t stop there.
Lubino had Emily on standby from the early hours, ready to attend to the patient at the practice once he finished at A&E. My husband actually went into cardiac arrest in the A&E waiting area, and if it weren’t for Lubino’s quick thinking and action, he wouldn’t be with us today.
And still, after all that, Lubino went on to open the practice to treat a girl he had met at A&E earlier that morning who needed urgent dental care.
His team pulled together in a way that goes beyond words. They showed up not just as professionals, but as humans, neighbours, and friends.
These are exceptional people who make up a truly outstanding team. They went above and beyond for my family, and I can never thank them enough. Because of them, my children still have their father, and I was able to leave them in the safest, kindest hands during the scariest moment of our lives.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
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