A father had a heart attack while helping his son with his homework

The doctor performed emergency coronary artery bypass grafting, successfully saving his life.

A father in China nearly died of a heart attack while helping his teenage son with his homework. This has reignited discussions about the intense academic pressures faced by Chinese students and their parents.

SCMP writes about it.

A 40-year-old dad surnamed Zhang experienced sudden shortness of breath and chest pain while helping his son, a junior high school graduate who was preparing for his senior high school entrance exams, in east China's Zhejiang province.

Zhang was immediately taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with “acute myocardial infarction.” A doctor at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital at the Faculty of Medicine of Zhejiang University performed emergency coronary artery bypass surgery on Zhang, successfully saving his…