Imran's mountain drama to be shown on TV

A father of three whose life was saved in a multi agency mountain rescue operation, is the subject of a TV documentary to be shown later this month.

Imran Choudhury from South Chadderton blacked out in fall from The Trinnacle, a spectacular three-pronged gritstone stack perched on hills above Saddleworth Moor, in February.

He was training for a walk up Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in aid of the Royal Oldham Hospital and charity, Global Relief Trust. 

Now the unfolding, gripping drama is featured in an hour-long Really TV’s ‘Helicopter ER - Critical Hour’ to be screened on August 31.

The rescue involved Oldham Mountain Rescue Team and Yorkshire Air Ambulance, both volunteer organisations.

Imran was flown to the Northern General Hospital’s intensive care unit with serious injuries including a bleed on the brain.

And initially, there were fears would lose his right leg.

He remained in a coma for three weeks with injuries to every bone in his body except from those in his left arm.

But after nearly two months in hospital, he was discharged on April 19 and told he is "lucky to be alive".

His family's Indian food business recently provided 280 meals to staff at the Sheffield hospital to show his appreciation for their help.

And they also provided complimentary flavorsome biriyanis to the helicopter crew and Oldham Mountain Rescue Team (see picture above).

Speaking today he said:”I am getting better everyday, slowly but surely.

“The damage in my body is too much, and it will take time to heal and recover. 

"Life is not going to be same anymore, but I will try to make the most of it.

“I would like to support all the emergency services who helped me in my critical time. 

“The Yorkshire Air Ambulance Services are one of them and they run their services by donations and charities as they don't get any funding from Government.

“I urge people to donate whatever they can and watch the TV programme on August 31 to see the kind of dangerous work they do to help and save people.”

The programme will be screened at 10pm.

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