Overview
- Mohamed Nassar, 58, collapsed after choking on a doughnut while on a break at the Tesco Express on New Bailey Street and suffered a cardiac arrest on May 8.
- Paramedics resuscitated him at the scene, but his family say his heart was stopped for a total of 23 minutes before circulation returned.
- Nassar remains on life support in intensive care at Manchester Royal Infirmary and his relatives report he has sustained severe brain damage and a poor prognosis.
- His family are keeping a bedside vigil and have launched a GoFundMe because he was the household’s sole provider and they face immediate financial strain.
- Medical experts say prolonged cardiac arrest can cause hypoxic brain injury that is often irreversible, and the Tesco store manager has issued condolences while Nassar’s employer is a third‑party security firm.