Party hearties abandon driver to heart attack...

Three men holding key positions in one of India's biggest private sector companies were on their way to a party at their boss's swanky Cuffe Parade home, when driver Goverdhan Vaidya, who is in his mid fifties, suffered a cardiac arrest.

The men asked him to stop the car, which was at Cooperage, helped him out and sat him down on the pavement.

Then, they got back in the car and drove off to the party, leaving a breathless Vaidya holding his chest in excruciating pain.

...u00a0Man who gets him to hospital and gives him life

Three men holding top jobs in one of the country's largest private sector companies were on their way to a party at their boss's swanky home in South Mumbai at 9 pm on October 12.

At the wheel of the Honda City was driver Goverdhan Vaidya.

Hanging on: Goverdhan Vaidya was discharged on Thursday after three days in the ICU at St George Hospital. For daughter Sunita, getting her dad backu00a0 home is her "best Diwali gift ever".

At the Cooperage junction, Vaidya, who is in his midfifties, felt the first symptoms of a heart attack.
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"When I think back, I had been feeling uneasy for a while. But at the Cooperage junction, I felt terrible. It was impossible to drive.

My chest hurt like it was being beaten by a thousand sledgehammers and I couldn't breathe properly. I told the three men in the backseat that I needed to stop for a while."

Left to die

Seconds after he parked at the curb, Vaidya slumped over the steering wheel. "I saw the men open the door and drag me out of the car. They made me sit on the pavement.

I could barely register what was happening, as I felt really ill and I was sitting with my head on my knees, holding my chest.

Just then, I felt the car zoom past. I looked up and saw the men drive away, but I was in such severe pain that I couldn't even shout at them to stop and help me," said Vaidya, Enter Vijay Shekhar, who works with a TV channel.

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