Jason uses art to thank NHS staff who saved his life

A painter from South Tyneside has thanked specialist doctors who helped him recover after a heart attack.

- by Ryan Smith

Jason Bryant, from South Shields, has used his talent to create artworks as a thank you to the specialists who helped him recover from his heart attack and major surgery.

The 55-year-old has made two copies of the artwork, with one having been presented to the cardiology team at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and the other to The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The painter underwent an angiogram (a test that uses x-rays to look at the heart's blood vessels) following his heart attack three years ago.

Jason was told that he would need to undergo a triple heart bypass but as he was preparing to be moved from Sunderland Royal Hospital to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, he became unwell with flu.