Today, Tuesday, Kufraja club player Adel Bakr Atari died after suffering a severe heart attack last night, Monday, during his team’s match against Al-Salt in the Jordan Cup Handball Championship. After falling in yesterday’s match at Princess Sumaya Hall in Al Hussein Youth City, the player was taken to the hospital before he died today. The Handball Federation canceled yesterday’s matches because of the incident.
In the details of the accident, Jordanian national handball team and Kufraja club player Adel Bakr Atari suffered a massive heart attack that stopped his heart while performing with his club in front of the Al Salt club yesterday, Monday, in the hall of Princess Soumaya in the city of Al -Hussein for the youth at the Jordan Cup. The head of the Kufraja club, Imad Freihat, confirmed the poor health of the 36-year-old football player after he suddenly fell to the ground during the match that brought his team against Al-Salt in the Jordan Cup handball tournament.
The club president indicated that the player suddenly fell during the second half of the match in order to yearn for his heart, which required the intervention of paramedics from both teams, as well as the intervention of other paramedics in the stands. He noted that the efforts of the ambulance team managed to carry out the resuscitation process, but upon arrival at the hospital, his heart stopped again, noting that upon arrival at the hospital he underwent a catheterization operation. And he pointed out that the player’s brain also stopped working during his fall on the field to return after that, which is currently awaiting action from the medical team, as it takes about 40 hours to find out the correct diagnosis. the state of his health.
And the moment he suffered a heart attack midway through the second half, medical devices with two teams and civil defense fighters rushed to provide all the necessary first aid before civilians took him to a hospital near the Al Hussein Youth City. defense ambulance. The Jordanian Handball Federation carried out all procedures related to the player’s hospitalization under the supervision of the Minister of Youth and Sports, who personally visited the hospital and the Olympic Committee, as well as the president and members of the Federation, who spent the last night with the player’s family and the family of the Kufranya club and other clubs in the hospital to monitor the player’s condition.