Hero paramedic Matt Hillis, who saved his own life by diagnosing a deadly blood clot, has received two awards, writes Roseena Parveen.

Mr Hillis, 29, of Maple Avenue, Kidlington, realised he had a blood clot and was going to die unless he received urgent medical attention.

He told his fiance, Anna Mason, what was wrong minutes before he collapsed.

He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, where colleagues fought to save his life. He died twice and suffered five heart attacks. Doctors performed open heart surgery and he was unconscious for 12 days.

He received the assistant paramedic of the year and employee of the year awards from Berkshire Ambulance Service in a ceremony in Reading.

He said: "All I did was die it was everyone around me that deserves the award. I worked in that casualty department when I was a nurse and it was my friends and colleagues who saved me.

"Some of them said they were going to quit after resuscitating me it was too stressful for them working on someone they knew. It brings it all home, but they are still there that it how dedicated they are.

"I was terrified when I realised what was happening to me. I breathed out and when I tried to breathe in again, I couldn't. Nothing was working and that was the clot blocking the blood to my lungs."

Mr Hillis and Miss Mason plan to marry in June.