HE might only be four years old but after helping save his mother’s life, he’s brave enough to be the first Birmingham Mail Local Hero of 2010.
Jarvarni Singh is the pint-sized life-saver who jumped into action and showed maturity beyond his years when his mother collapsed paralysed and unable to speak when she was on the phone to emergency services.
Clare, 24 and a diabetic, had been struck down with a hypoglycaemic attack at her home in Handsworth when she had called for an ambulance. But before she could finish the call she collapsed and Jarvani took over, giving his address to the operator.
He then fetched front door keys from the top of a fridge freezer which he passed through the letter box to police officers.
After all that, he settled down to look after his two-year-old brother and one-year-old sister.
The brave boy, from Handsworth, was praised by the emergency services who said his mum could have slipped into a full diabetic coma had he not acted.
Jarvani’s mum, 24-year-old Clare, had injected herself with insulin, which helps regulate blood sugar levels in diabetics, at 7am.
She collapsed two hours later and was unable to talk to the ambulance service after she had dialled 999.
Clare said: “It’s brilliant that he’s got the award, he’s already my little hero.
“We’ve made a big fuss over him since it happened because we’re so proud of him. He acted so grown up and we wanted him to know that he’d done really well.”
Royal Mail’s regional operations director, Paul Jobling, said: “This is an extraordinary example of life-saving from someone so young.
“It is truly remarkable how Jarvani managed to help his mum, his brother and sister and the emergency services. He did amazingly well and fully deserves to be hailed a little hero.”
Jonathan Cheetham, general manager for The Pallasades, added: “Jarvani’s quick thinking, saved his mother’s life, which is amazing because it must have been very distressing at the time.
“Well done to him for being named as the first Local Hero for 2010 and hopefully his story will highlight how important it is to teach our children about the 999 service.”
