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Radio Stoke,12 mins

The man who came back from the dead

Liz Ellis and John Acres at Breakfast

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A father from Staffordshire say he's lucky to be alive - after clinically dying in the car in Stafford. Richard Meredith from Sandon suffered a heart attack during a rugby match in Stone in December The 41 year old was rushed to County Hospital by his wife - who did compressions while driving. It took three attempts to revive him - along with a 'mystery medic' intervening: He had surgery to remove a blood clot at Royal Stoke - and was allowed home 4 days later.

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