With their quick reaction, two doctors from the German Paralympic team may have saved the life of Joachim Gerard from Belgium. The athlete had collapsed and had to be resuscitated.
Two German doctors resuscitated the Belgian wheelchair tennis player Joachim Gerard after a circulatory collapse at the Paralympics in Tokyo. “You were the first to see him and helped him regain consciousness,” said a spokesman for the Belgian Association of the German Press Agency on Saturday. “We are very, very grateful to you. Maybe you saved his life.”
The former world number one collapsed on Wednesday evening in the athletes’ village in Tokyo and was taken to the emergency room. “He’s fine,” said the spokesman on Saturday. “But he will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days.” An exact diagnosis is not yet available. But it was also decided not to make details public.
Belgians say thank you with a bottle of sparkling wine
The German delegation is housed in the athletes’ village in the same building as the Belgian one. Friedhelm Julius Beucher, President of the German Disabled Sports Association, told the DPA: “Anja Hirschmüller and Stefan Sevenich may have saved a human life.
It’s worth more than any medal. I will go to the village tonight, bring Anja the Belgian champagne and hug her despite Corona. “
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