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D Venkatesh (March 21 2012)
A 27-year-old footballer D Venkatesh died on the field after collapsing during a league match at Bangalore Football Stadium.
He was playing as a midfielder for A-division side Bangalore Mars and incidentally, he came as a substitute in the 72nd minute. Karnataka Football Association once again failed to provide basic medical facilities at the stadium. Apparently, there was no doctor and ambulance at the stadium where the Bangalore District Football Association League match was going on.
Players and staff had to carry him in their arms off the field and hired a rickshaw and as soon after they reached the hospital, he was declared as dead. According to doctors, he could have been rescued if proper medical assistance and oxygen gave at the time of the incident.
This incident once again puts concern over poor medical facilities provided at the time of football matches and of course the act of negligence from concerned football governing bodies.
