Took the dog out to the communal back garden yesterday morning with the intention of getting kit sorted for a trip out.
We found our pensioner (66) neighbour mumbling incoherently, just about able to move his upper limbs and clearly hypothermic outside his back door where he had fallen sometime during the night or early hours. Between calling the paramedics and them arriving, he arrested and despite CPR, effectively died before their arrival and was subsequently pronounced dead.
Temperature down here was just about freezing overninght and we'll never know what on earth he was going out for, but a timely reminder with the cold snap coming to not only check on the vulnerable, but to pre-empt their need to venture out.
We found our pensioner (66) neighbour mumbling incoherently, just about able to move his upper limbs and clearly hypothermic outside his back door where he had fallen sometime during the night or early hours. Between calling the paramedics and them arriving, he arrested and despite CPR, effectively died before their arrival and was subsequently pronounced dead.
Temperature down here was just about freezing overninght and we'll never know what on earth he was going out for, but a timely reminder with the cold snap coming to not only check on the vulnerable, but to pre-empt their need to venture out.