"He survived thanks to the Heimlich maneuver."

25.10.2025 20:24

A woman having breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel where the Eastern Internal Medicine Congress was held in Diyarbakır choked on an olive. Thanks to the Heimlich maneuver performed by a doctor who was at the hotel for the congress, the woman was able to survive.

While having breakfast at the hotel restaurant before the 4th Eastern Internal Medicine Congress in Diyarbakır, a woman's airway was blocked by an olive. At that moment, Assoc. Prof. Eşref Araç, who was in the restaurant, saved the woman with the Heimlich maneuver.

Another life was added to those saved by the Heimlich maneuver. This morning, a woman having breakfast at the hotel restaurant where the 4th Eastern Internal Medicine Congress is being held in Diyarbakır had an olive stuck in her airway.

HEIMLICH MANEUVER SAVED A LIFE

Assoc. Prof. Eşref Araç, who was at the hotel for the program, noticed the situation and intervened with the woman. Assoc. Prof. Araç saved the woman with the Heimlich maneuver. The incident was captured by the hotel's security camera.

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