York professor's life-saving airlift drama features on TV tonight
A YORK professor who researches health treatments including air ambulance rescues and stent surgery will tell on TV tonight how he took his research too far – when he had a heart attack, was flown to hospital and had a stent inserted. Professor Ben Van Hout, a health economist who researches the cost effectiveness of the treatments given to patients, features on an episode of Helicopter ER. Ben said he had been working from home, sitting at his desk, when he began experiencing chest pains. “I had a strange pressure on my chest,” he said. “At the beginning I thought it was noth...