Heart disease: Woman takes 17 pills a day to stay alive

Mandy Swift has had three heart attacks and takes 17 different kinds of medication a day.

The 56-year-old's daughter Vicki is teaching son Gethin to raise the alarm if she is ill.

They want to improve women's awareness of the symptoms of a heart attack.

The British Heart Foundation Cymru said women were not seen as being at risk and were often misdiagnosed.

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