Whickham man reunited with the NEAS paramedic who saved his life

Gary Callum was at the gym when he realised something was wrong. Little did he know, he was having a heart attack. On calling his wife Jane, a former nurse, when he got home, the 62-year-old was instructed to call North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) immediately. “I didn’t have any of the usual symptoms you would expect, I just wasn’t 100%,” he said. “My wife knew what was happening but didn’t want to worry me, she just told me to call 999 straight away. “It was the first time I had ever called 999 ...