A toddler is alive today thanks to a quick-thinking physician on board his trans-Atlantic flight.
Dr. Khurshid Guru is being hailed as the "MacGyver Doctor" after he answered the flight crew's call for help on September 18 while flying somewhere over the Atlantic. A 2-year-old boy was suffering from an asthma attack and was short of breath, crying for help on the Air Canada flight from Spain to the U.S. His distraught parents had packed the boy's medication in their checked luggage for the 8-plus-hour flight and there weren't any pediatric supplies on board. What made the situation even more difficult was that the couple didn't even speak English.
The Buffalo, NY-based doctor is Director of Robotic Surgery at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, so luckily for the boy, he was able to piece together items on the flight like an oxygen tank, plastic cup, and water bottle to make an adult nebulizer work, saving the baby's life. As you can see in this viral story, flying with a baby can be very difficult, but instead of looking for recognition, this humble hero doctor wants to warn parents traveling with young children to always keep medication close by in case of such an emergency.
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