Bondi man, 20, falls from apartment roof as doctor performs surgery on STREET to save life
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Horror as a man, aged 20, falls eight meters from the roof of his Bondi apartment as a doctor is forced to perform surgery on the STREET to save his life.
- A man is in critical condition after falling from a roof
- He suffered serious head and chest injuries.
- A doctor had to perform a bilateral thoracotomy
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after falling eight meters from the roof of a Sydney apartment on Saturday night.
The 20-year-old man was on the roof of his apartment on Ebley St, in Bondi Junction, an eastern suburb of Sydney, at around 11:30pm when he fell to the ground.
NSW Ambulance said the man sustained serious chest and head injuries and intensive care paramedics needed to call a specialist medical team, including a critical care doctor, to the scene.
A team of specialists from Bankstown, in western Sydney, rushed to the apartment where the doctor was forced to perform a bilateral thoracotomy – a surgical procedure to access a patient’s chest – on the street to save his life.
The man was sedated on the spot by a specialized medical team and given a blood transfusion.
NSW Ambulance Commander Michael Corlis said emergency services were still investigating how the young man fell, but it appeared he was “trying to get into a unit”.
A man is in critical condition after falling from a height of eight meters in Sydney on Saturday night. He is photographed on a stretcher being taken to the hospital.
Officers lifted a white blanket (pictured) as they placed the man in an ambulance
The man was rushed to nearby St Vincent’s Hospital, where he is expected to be operated on.
A NSW Police spokesman said that around 11:30 p.m.
The man was treated at the scene, before being taken to St. Vincent Hospital in serious but stable condition.
“A crime scene was established and officers with the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command began investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
The man in Bondi Junction is reported to have been with friends at the time of the incident.
Images from the scene show more than a dozen emergency services personnel, including police and ambulances.
Officers lifted a white blanket as they loaded the man into an ambulance.
Images from the scene show several police vehicles and ambulances (pictured)
A distraught witness is shown being comforted by a woman at the scene in Bondi Junction.
Shocked and distraught friends of the man are seen comforting each other in the street, while plainclothes and uniformed police officers are seen talking to potential witnesses.
It was a busy night for NSW Ambulance with paramedics called to a second fall from a building less than an hour later.
Corlis said paramedics rushed to Glebe, in inner Sydney, just after 12:15am to report that a 42-year-old man had “fallen from one balcony onto another”.
“We ask people who are trying to get into their units when they forgot their keys or it’s locked, please think of other alternatives instead of trying to climb walls or balconies,” he said.
It is a very dangerous thing, especially if you have consumed some alcohol.
There are other ways. Call a locksmith – services are available 24 hours a day. It is better to wait, take a little more time and get into your unit safely.
Police officers are shown talking to potential witnesses at the scene in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
More than a dozen police and ambulance officers (pictured) attended the scene in Sydney.
In the photo, the man receives treatment on a stretcher on the street in Bondi Junction.
A NSW ambulance doctor had to perform a bilateral thoracotomy, a surgical procedure to access a patient’s chest, on the street to save his life.
The man was rushed to nearby St Vincent’s Hospital where he was expected to undergo surgery.