Nada Acimovich

A Serbian woman has been cured of a deadly heart condition when she was struck by lightning.

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.