TIMMINS, Ontario (WKRC) – A doctor learned he was having a heart attack while treating a cardiac patient who was experiencing the same symptoms the doctor had displayed for months.
According to a press release from Timmins and District Hospital (TDH), Dr. Chris Loreto had been experiencing intense chest pains for over four months, which he chalked up to acid reflux. Specifically, the pain would reach its highest intensity during exercise and the acid reflux medication his doctor prescribed was not helping.
The pain came to a head on Nov. 12 while Loreto was playing hockey, but he “shrugged it off,” according to TDH, the hospital Loreto worked for.
“He went to work the next morning,” the release said. “Near the end of his shift, a patient had a massive heart attack which Dr. Loreto jumped in to help with. Afterwards, he…