American football star Damar Hamlin making ‘remarkable’ recovery and able to talk
American footballer Damar Hamlin is breathing on his own and now able to talk following a dramatic on-field collapse.
In a statement on Friday, the Buffalo Bills said their 24-year-old player’s “neurologic function remains intact”, and that he has “been able to talk to his family and care team”.
It is also reported he joined a meeting with his team via FaceTime and told them: “Love you boys”.
The news came just four days after Hamlin‘s heart had to be re-started twice after he suddenly fell to the ground and went into cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
On Thursday, he was said to still be in “critical condition” at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
The player first began to communicate by writing, and was then able to grip people’s hands.
Dr Timothy Pritts, from the hospital, said: “We know that it’s not only that the lights are on – we know that he’s home.
“And it appears that all the cylinders are firing within his brain, which is greatly gratifying for all of us.
“He still has significant progress he needs to make, but this marks a really good turning point in his ongoing care.”
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Medical staff were forced to rush onto the field in Cincinnati on Monday to give the Buffalo Bills safety CPR for about 10 minutes. An ambulance then drove onto the pitch as the crowd fell silent, and his teammates huddled to pray.
Pic: AP
Two years ago, the football world was sent into shock at the Euro 2020 championship when Danish national and current Manchester United player Christian Eriksen similarly collapsed on the playing field.
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Man who died after being pulled into MRI machine was wearing 9kg weight-training chain, wife reveals
A man who died after being pulled into an MRI machine in New York was wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck, his wife has said.
Keith McAllister, 61, entered a room at the Nassau Open MRI clinic while a scan of his wife’s knee was under way.
The machine’s strong magnetic force drew him in by the 9kg metal chain around his neck, according to Nassau County Police.
His wife, Adrienne Jones-McAllister, said she had called out to her husband to help her off the table.
“I yelled out Keith’s name, [shouting] Keith, come help me up,” she said in an interview with News 12 Long Island.
She said her husband entered the room wearing the chain, which he uses for weight training.
“I saw the machine snatch him around and pull him into the machine,” Ms Jones-McAllister said as tears streamed down her face. “He died, he lost, he went limp in my arms.”
Police said that the accident last Wednesday “resulted in a medical episode” and left Mr McAllister in a critical condition in hospital.
Ms Jones-McAllister said her husband had suffered a series of heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine. He was later pronounced dead.
A file picture of an MRI scanner
MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The machines use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of the inside of the body.
Due to the magnetic fields, “very powerful forces” are exerted on objects made of iron, some steels, and other magnetic materials, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering says.
It says the forces are “strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room”.
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Sky News’ US partner network NBC New York reported that MRI accidents are rare but can be fatal.
It is not the first time someone has been killed by an MRI machine in New York.
In 2001, six-year-old Michael Colombini died at the Westchester Medical Centre when an oxygen tank flew into the chamber, drawn in by the MRI’s 10-ton electromagnet.
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