Shocked doctors who'd been treating Nada Acimovich, 51, for arrhythmia - irregular heartbeats that can be a killer - discovered she had made a complete recovery.

The condition - for which Tony Blair had treatment five years ago - is normally treated with mild electric shocks to reset the heart's rhythm.

Mrs Acimovich, of Sljivovica, Serbia, was saved from death by her rubber soled shoes but the electric jolt put her heartbeat back to normal, say medics.

"In the first place she's lucky to be alive because of the lightning strike, but she's now going to live for much longer too," explained one.

Reminds me of a case I heard a while ago... A heart attack victim was revived when the ambulance he was in hit a tree!

There were some side effects...

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