Pharmacist Mohammed was working alone in his small village pharmacy on Bonfire night when the mother of a 16-year-old girl rushed in for help because her daughter was struggling to breathe. Mohammed rushed to the mother’s car, where he found the girl having an anaphylactic reaction.

As the nearest A&E department was a 30-minute drive away, he had to think quickly on his feet, immediately ringing paramedics and then rushing back to the pharmacy to pick up two adrenaline pens. Having administered one dose, Mohammed saw that the girl’s condition had deteriorated, and he administered the other dose of adrenaline. This was despite dark and unlit conditions.

Mohammed stayed with the girl and her mother until the paramedics got to the scene. By the time they had arrived, the girl’s condition had significantly improved. A couple of days after the incident, the girl gifted Mohammed a home-grown aloe vera plant as a token of her gratitude.