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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : April 16, 2015 11:56 AM IST
How many of us wish that our near and dear ones who are no more with us would come back to life. Well,the family memebres of this man who is back from the dead must be really happy.
Bulent Sonmez, a Turkish national reportedly died after suffering a heart attack. He however, came back to life after his body was dropped into an ice bath. He had gone to the hospital complaining pain his arm when he suddenly collapsed with a huge heart attack. Doctors quickly attended to the dying man but failed to resuscitate him after his heart stopped. (Read: 8 warning signs of a heart attack you should know about)
With little to no options left, medics decided to use a controversial therapeutic hypothermia treatment to dunk the Turk into freezing cold water.They kept the 40-year-old suspended in ice bath as his body slowly reduced in temperature to 30C. Doctors then quickly restarted his heart, bringing Sonmez back to life.
Despite its success, unfortunately the procedure left the patient with severe memory loss. He was said to have woken up believing he was 20 years old.Now Sonmez from the Turkish capital Ankara has returned home and begun rebuilding his life. (Read:8 first aid steps you should take in case of a heart attack)
With inputs from ANI
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