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A pharmacist and his team in West London helped save the life of a teenager who was stabbed in a nearby park and driven to their pharmacy with multiple wounds to get help.

The 16-year-old boy, whose injuries are reportedly non-life-threatening and non-life-changing, was stabbed in the park at Bridgwater Road Fields in South Ruislip on July 8 before being taken to Ruislip Manor Pharmacy, according to its pharmacist Sanjay Doegar.

He said he and his team administered first aid and managed to stem the flow of blood as they attempted to stabilise the teenager before calling an ambulance and the police.

A London Ambulance spokesperson told Harrow Online it sent an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and London’s Air Ambulance to the scene where the teenager received further treatment before he was taken to “a major trauma centre by road as a priority”.

Independent Community Pharmacist has contacted Doegar for more details. The Metropolitan Police is continuing its investigation and no arrests have been made.

Doegar said the ambulance service returned later to commend his staff for helping stop the teenager’s blood loss. “A bad situation could have potentially become a fatal one,” he said.

Doegar, who also revealed the teenager’s mother came to the pharmacy the day after the attack to thank his team, said: “We are all relieved that the victim is now making a recovery.”