PM Cameron and Mayor Johnson help sick woman
May 24 SBS
Prime Minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson took time
out from the campaign trail on Monday to help a woman who had fallen
sick by the roadside.
Popular mayor Johnson is widely believed to covet the job of his old
schoolmate Cameron, but the pair joined forces to look after the woman
who had apparently fallen ill on a street in Harrow, north west
London.According to witnesses, Cameron held the woman's hand while
waiting for an ambulance.
BBC reporter Chris Mason said ambulance staff reportedly "looked like
they had swallowed a very large fly" when they arrived to find the prime
minister and mayor.The political heavyweights comforted the woman, who
was conscious at the time, for around two minutes before experts
arrived.The prime minister and Boris Johnson had pulled over when they
noticed a woman collapsed on the street," a paramedic told the BBC.
"When I arrived a few minutes later, I found the PM holding the
woman's hand. I took over caring for the patient and they left a few
minutes later.The woman was later said to be recovering in
hospital.Cameron and Johnson were on the road as part of campaigning
ahead of this month's European elections, and more importantly next
year's general election.They received a boost on Monday when a poll gave
them a lead over their Labour rivals for the first time in two years.
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