'My husband had a headache - hours later I was doing CPR but he didn't make it'

Daily Mirror · Steven Smith · 2026-11-06 08:13 UTC

While Brion Xavier did not survive, his wife Bindhu's actions meant other people could

While Brion Xavier did not survive, his wife Bindhu's actions meant other people could

A mother was left to save her husband’s life with emergency CPR hours after giving him paracetamol and ibuprofen for a headache.

Bindhu Brion Xavier, 51, a nurse living in Manchester, said her husband first complained of a headache in the early afternoon of November 16, 2014, for which she gave him both paracetamol and ibuprofen. But by 11pm her husband, Brion Xavier, then 41, a professional driver, complained of pain at the back of his neck, so Bindhu called an out-of-hours GP.

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