THE mother of a young Newport woman who died from deep vein thrombosis 11 years ago gave advice to a new generation of airline passengers this week.
Ruth Christoffersen, of Underwood, spoke to Year 10 pupils at Newport High School on Wednesday about the symptoms of DVT.
It will be 11 years in September since her daughter Emma Christoffersen died aged 28 after collapsing at Heathrow Airport following a three-week holiday to Australia.
Mrs Christoffersen, who has worked as a teaching assistant at Newport High School for the last nine years, said she wanted to reach a new generation of travellers especially with the holiday season approaching.
She said: “I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to raise awareness of DVT and flying.
I’m not trying to make them frightened of flying but show that there’s a safe way of doing it.”
Mrs Christoffersen showed the science class, made up of about 20 students, the BBC Panorama documentary made about DVT and her daughter’s death before answering questions from the students.
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