Brave girl's 999 call for mum in coma

Published Friday, 10 August 2012

A nine-year-old Dungiven girl has been praised for her bravery after summoning help when her mother collapsed.

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Kayleigh Dunne called the emergency services after her mum lapsed into a diabetic coma.

She was at home with her mother and baby brother when it happened.

"I was sitting watching TV and I heard my brother screaming and crying and then mammy was just lying there and I was talking to here but she wouldn't answer," Kayleigh said.

"Then I phoned 999."

Asked how she knew to ring the emergency number, the youngster replied: "My mammy told me when I was five or six."

Kayleigh waited for 15 minutes for help to arrive.

Throughout she looked after her little brother and stayed on the phone, taking instruction to make sure her mum would be okay.

"I couldn't be more proud of her," said her mum, Jacinta Dunne.

"She did fantastic to remember all that she kept so cool and calm where the rest of us maybe would have panicked when they came across something like that.

"She did brilliant, I do think she saved my life."

It was bravery which both the police and ambulance service have recognised with special awards for Kayleigh.

And there's now a happy family picture, all thanks to Kayleigh and her bravery.

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7 Comments

Jacinta Dunne in dungiven wrote (258 days ago):

Thanks for all your lovely comments everyone. As her mum and the woman it happened to, i dont think for 1 min that the ambulance service was a bit slow. They're the ones who should be awarded for what they do day in and day out (and of course Kayleigh)!!!

Vee in Belfast wrote (281 days ago):

Well Done Kayleigh!! Watch that child - she will go far! She has a lot of that uncommon thing called Common Sense!

people like you get on my nerves. in bangor wrote (281 days ago):

phil , dont you know that the ambulance service is like a lot of other services cut back to the bone, i for one have the greatest respect for the ambulance crews and the work that they do, i dont think people like you should try and gain cheap thrills by making unfair comments against them.

well done kayleigh in belfast wrote (281 days ago):

in these days of gloom and doom what a lovely story to read , i am sure her mum and the rest of her family are really proud of her?well done kayleigh , god knows what would have happened to your mum without the actions that you took. you are a wonderful little girl.

jackie in belfast wrote (285 days ago):

Well done Kayleigh your family should be proud of you.You are a little hero!

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