MAYWOOD, Ill. - A cafeteria cashier at Loyola University Medical Center is being hailed a hero for springing into action when an emergency room doctor began choking on her lunch.

What we know:

According to Loyola Medicine, Dr. Joan Dimopoulos had just stepped into the hospital cafeteria for a quick meal during a busy shift.

After eating a chicken sandwich, she felt discomfort in her throat. She went to buy a bottle of water and while waiting in line to pay for it, she tried drinking some but realized the food was stuck and began choking.

Keztly Angel, a cashier at Loyola for a year now, noticed Dimopoulos choking and jumped into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver and saving her life.

Angel had learned the move at Proviso East High School, but it was the first time she had ever

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