A father from Scotland has fallen into a coma after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Turkey .

Peter McMahon, 52, from Glasgow, went into cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning during his week-long break at a resort in Antalya, where his heart stopped beating for 70 minutes.

His daughter, Teigan McMahon, who has flown to the Turkish capital to be by her dad’s side, said paramedics performed CPR on ‘for over an hour’.

She has since launched a GoFundMe page to raise funds for his treatment after travelling without insurance to cover his health complications.

Teigan described her ‘cheeky’ and ‘bubbly’ dad as her ‘lifelong best friend’, and said she launched the fundraiser to ‘give my dad the best possible chance’ as he remains in intensive care.

The 20-year-old told the

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