Newborn baby who stopped breathing treated by Dublin pharmacy staff

A four-week old baby who stopped breathing in a Dublin café was saved by the fast-thinking actions of a local pharmacy and a nurse who happened to come across the incident whilst she was visiting an ATM machine.

It is understood that the infant’s mother burst in to Murray’s pharmacy in Killiney Shopping Centre in a panic-stricken state after her baby had stopped breathing in a nearby café.

Proprietor of the pharmacy, Pat Murray, spoke to the Irish Daily Mail and said that the incident happened just after lunchtime.

Mr Murray said that upon arriving in to the pharmacy, the baby was laid in the dispensary area where his wife Louise – a former paediatric nurse, and employee Danielle Kells who is a former Montessori teacher trained in paediatric CPR – immediately began attempts to resuscitate the baby.

It is understood the baby was rushed to Crumlin Children’s Hospital and was being treated there last night.