Nigerian player dies after collapsing in Romania

BUCHAREST Nigerian striker Henry Ihelwere Chinonso died on Sunday after collapsing during a match for Romanian second-division side Delta Tulcea, Mediafax news agency reported.
Chinonso, 21, was playing in a friendly against Balotesti when he collapsed during the second half.
 Doctors were unable to resuscitate the player, the report said.  The cause of death was not immediately known, Chinonso was reported to have had no previous health problems.
 The match in Balotesti near Bucharest was played in temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius.


Below is a translated statement (Romanian to English) from the doctor that pronounced him dead.
"We found a patient aged 21 years, cardiopulmonary arrest. Maneuvers were initiated by our crew resuscitate first aid, the crew continued the doctor. After maneuvers, cardiac-respiratory arrest was irreversible . Unfortunately, I said death. I can not say what caused the entry into cardiopulmonary arrest. All the time the patient was in cardiopulmonary arrest, when he reached the first aid crew to declare death, 12 : 05 to 1:12 p.m., when I said death. first aid crew arrived soon enough to call 112, in 3-4 minutes after the call, "Tanase said Dr. John.
The case is forensic, several assumptions were considered: myocardial infarction, stroke, aneurysm rupture, inappropriate medication or adverse effects.
The body will be transported to the IML, to be diagnosed.

 "Am găsit un pacient în vârstă de 21 de ani, în stop cardio-respirator. S-au iniţiat manevre de resucitare de către echipajul nostru de prim ajutor, continuate de echipajul cu medic. În urma manevrelor, stopul cardio-respirator a fost ireversibil. Din păcate, am declarat decesul. Nu pot spune care a fost cauza intrării în stop cardio-respirator. Tot timpul pacientul a fost în stop cardio-respirator, de când a ajuns echipajul de prim-ajutor până la declararea decesului, de la 12:05 până la 13:12, când am declarat decesul. Echipajul de prim-ajutor a ajuns destul de repede de la apelul la 112, în 3-4 minute de la apel", a declarat medicul Tănase Ioana.
Cazul este unul medico-legal, mai multe ipoteze fiind luate în calcul: infarct miocardic, accident vascular cerebral, ruptura unui anevrism, medicație inadecvată sau cu efecte adverse.
Cadavrul va fi transportat la IML, pentru a fi stabilit diagnosticul.