Emergency treatment adiministered From page 1 fast Friday with her ove chil- dren, ‘The family had spent a week's vacation at a resort in Manzanillo, Mexico. More than 300 Canadians were aboard the 747 plane operated by Tower Air, which is based in New York's Kennedy airport. The Tower Air flight was a sub-charter from Canada 3000. The plane was nine hours late. Passengers boarded at 11 p.m. Ladki said she was start- ing to doze when she heard the announcement requesting any doctor on board to come to the captain’s station. “LE went there and said I was a doctor. Of course I did- n't look fike one with my clothes,” said Ladki. Ladki works at B.C. Children’s Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital. She has treated patients in infant transport flights. Tt turned out she was the only physician on board. A crew member asked to see her medical licence card. She was brought to a first class passen- ger seat where the plane's 43- year-old captain was having a heart attack. He was vomiting, could not speak, was shore of breath and didn’t appear fully conscious. Ladki communicated with him through sign language. She used medical supplies on board. The captain appeared very frightened. Ladki asked the crew to announce if any one on board had any valium. Eight bottles of the seda- tive were promptly turned over by the Canadian vaca- tioners. Unfortunately no one had a tablet of aspirin which the doctor also requested. Ladki monitored the cap- tain’s vital signs. She gave him nitroglycerin tablets and oxy- gen. . “T cold the crew we have to land as soon as possible,” said Ladki. She said the captain needed to be taken to the nearest car- diac care unit. The plane sub- sequently landed in Tucson, Arizona, where the captain was rushed to hospital ina waiting ambulance. ‘Yower Air vice-president of operations David Lithgow said yesterday chat the pilot was out of the cardiac care unit Lithgow said that less than an hour elapsed from the time of the onset of the captain's symptoms to his being treated in the hospital. “As a result of the atten- tion he received in’ flight, timely landing and the quick transport to hospital, he is recovering well,” Lithgow said from New York. The pilot lives in Florida. Lithgow said the 747 had a pilot, co-pilot and flight engi- neer on board. The co-pilot landed the plane, he said. Lithgow added that it is rare for a pilot to have a heart attack during a commercial flight. “We are very grateful chat doctor was on board to pro- vide assistance.” said Lithgow. Meanwhile, Ladki and the other passengers realized they were not going home after the pilot was taken to hospital. Ac 4a.m. they boarded small air- port buses tc hotels only to be aweken at 8 a.m. to return to the airport. They didn’t begin -the flight home until 4 p.m. “We were only three hours from home so it was frustrat- ing,” said Ladki. Ladki has lived on the North Shore for 10 years and recently set up 3 pediatric practice near Lions Gate Hospital. Roadside assistance EMERGENCY crews attended the scere of an accident after the driver of a mint- van hit some rocks at the side of the road in the 3500-biock of Marine Drive in West Vancouver on Tuesday. The driver wasn't injured in the incident. Seymour land targeted From pours 4 Heritage Fund, she argued thar the demands on infra- structure, schools, and services from more people will wipe out any gains and simply make the district. a more crowded, less attractive place to live. 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Director of planning Richard Zerr said after che meeting that hie department will complete taat OCP before looking at additional develop- x Workshop scheduled Fron paac 3 in homes by grow operauons will also be sercened. “Ics dike conde rot,” said the workshops organizer, WVPD Cpl. fanis Jean, “because of the moisture. And often you just can’t get the smell out.” Jean says that in) many ways West Vancouver is per: fecly suited to potential mManjuana growers, because of the privacy and seclusion afforded by large homes sur- rounded by trees, She said checking reter- ences meticulously and ask- ing, neighbours to report any suspicious activity are just some of the ways to curtail grow operations, The free workshop is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday April 11, in the lec- ture theatre at Collingwood school, 70 Morven Drive in West Vancouver). Seating is limited to 150. Participants are asked to pre- register by contacting the West Vancouver Police at 925-7300. 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