Mr X, 60, was taking a post-dinner walk when he felt a sudden tightness in his chest. The discomfort progressively worsened in the next 10 minutes until he found it suffocating.
He started to sweat profusely in his air-conditioned room and then began to feel dizzy. Later, he told me that it felt like it was the end of the world for him.
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