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Nurse walked nine miles through snow two days in a row to save kidney dialysis patient

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Outside, a blizzard was blowing and the snow was 14 inches deep. But while many took a day off work as the heaviest snowfall in 18 years brought the nation to a standstill, nurse Debbie Noble refused to ignore the call of duty. She dug out her walking boots  -  and trudged nine miles through the snow to save the life of a patient. In treacherous conditions and with temperatures plunging to  - 2c, the 49-year-old made the arduous journey to help Steph Crawford, who could have died without dialysis treatment. Mrs Crawford, 45, who suffers from kidney failure, was trapped in her home in Ewell, Surrey. She was unable to drive to her usual dialysis centre in Kingston, South-West London, because of the snow, and ambulances could not reach her. Without treatment, she would have struggled to breathe as fluid built up around her lungs.

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