BATTLE TO SAVE ERICA

Garner kid in coma

A CLOSE FRIEND of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner’s daughter says she was placed in a medically induced coma in an effort to help her survive a major heart attack.

Erica Garner, 27, remained hospitalized Tuesday, three days after suffering the near-fatal cardiac incident. Her political adviser Reggie Harris stood watch overnight in Garner’s Brooklyn hospital room after family members opted to limit her visitors.

According to Harris, doctors were planning to bring Garner out of the coma on Tuesday. But the family released no new details on her condition through social media.

“I wanted to make sure when she woke up that somebody was there,” said Harris, who flew in from California to help out.

Harris became involved in a brouhaha with security at Woodhull Hospital after leaving Garner’s room around 7 a.m., he said.

His return was blocked because Garner’s sister didn’t have his name on a list of approved visitors.

The city hospital declined to comment on the incident, citing confidentiality laws. But the official Erica Garner Twitter feed said Harris was allowed back into the hospital intensive care unit before noon.

Garner’s stepmom Tanya Goode said the no-visitor policy would remain in effect through Thursday as the mother of two continued to fight for her life.

Harris was “by her side through a lot of everything,” said Goode. “He loves her, and he’s by her side to be a go-between between the hospital and myself.”

Garner emerged after her father’s death in July 2014 as an outspoken critic of police brutality. When her son was born four months ago, she named the boy for her dad.

But she also suffered her first heart attack shortly after the delivery, with doctors saying the pregnancy stressed her already enlarged heart.

The weekend heart attack was preceded by an asthma attack, according to family members.

Eric Garner’s final words, “I can’t breathe,” helped spark the Black Lives Matter movement.

He was cigarettes on Staten choked while selling loose, untaxed Island, the officer videotaped making the fatal arrest was cleared of any crime by a grand jury. In September, the Civilian Complaint Review Board recommended discipline against Officer Daniel Pantaleo for using the banned chokehold in Garner’s death. Pantaleo remains on the job with the NYPD.