Homes and Property | Home PageMother meets the 999 staff who saved babyLifesavers: Yvonne Johnson-Ballantyne with Tynisha and some of the medicsSophie Goodchild13 April 2012A London mother has thanked the paramedics and pharmacist who saved her baby's life.Yvonne Johnson-Ballantyne was in Boots in Islington when five-month-old Tynisha's heart and breathing stopped.Pharmacist Krinal Shah called 999 and began CPR until paramedics arrived. A team from London Ambulance Service gave the baby electric shock treatment using a defibrillator, which kick-started her heart.Doctors at Great Ormond Street hospital have now fitted a pacemaker for Tynisha, who suffers from an enlarged heart.Mother-of-four Ms Johnson-Ballantyne, 42, from Islington, met the paramedics and said: "I can't thank the staff enough. Tynisha wouldn't be here without them."Mr Shah said: "I've taken a course in emergency life support and my colleague relayed additional CPR advice from the ambulance call."Motorcycle paramedic James Milligan, who was on the scene, said: "If more people learned basic life support, more people suffering cardiac arrests, young and old, would survive.'MORE ABOUTBoots (pharmacist)Great Ormond Street HospitalIslingtonLondon Ambulance Service