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The heartbroken family of a teenager left brain-damaged after collapsing in a play park say they “won’t give up” on their little girl. Rubie Boyton suffered a cardiac arrest at Bridgefield Park in Ashford just four days after celebrating her 16th birthday. She stopped breathing and was only kept alive because of the valiant efforts of a friend who performed CPR before paramedics arrived. But with her brain starved of oxygen for 31 minutes, the youngster sustained life-changing injuries and could remain in hospital for another year. Her devastated mum, Kim Tucker, says the future remains unclea…

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