'Greatest Ulster person' dies aged 88

The man who invented a machine which has helped thousands across the world to survive a heart attack has died.

'Greatest Ulster person' dies aged 88

The man who invented a machine which has helped thousands across the world to survive a heart attack has died.

Professor Frank Pantridge, who has been labelled “The father of emergency medicine”, developed the portable defibrillator in 1965 while he was based at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

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