Heart attack victim found after missed appointment

An Invercargill hairdresser's concern for a 93-year-old client who failed to make her weekly appointment might have helped save the woman's life.

The woman suffered a heart attack this month, collapsing on her floor where she lay for several hours.

Hairdresser Noelle McPherson, of Quiffs salon, realised her elderly client of seven years had missed her regular appointment and went to her house to check on her, the Southland Times reported.

When she found the newspaper on the doorstep and the curtains still closed, she called police who broke in and found her on the floor.

The woman is now recovering in hospital.

Her daughter said Mrs McPherson had looked after her mother for many years, picking her up when it was windy and raining.

"It's good to know that kind of caring goes on for the elderly in the community."

- NZPA