Sourav Ganguly, BCCI president & ex-India captain suffers cardiac arrest

Kolkata, Jan 2: Board Control for Cricket in India president and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly suffers cardiac arrest. The hospital issued a medical bulletin on Saturday. According to the hospital, Ganguly is now stable haemodynamically and has received loading doses of dual antiplatelets and statin and is undergoing primary angioplasty now.

 

 

 

Ganguly complained of pain in the chest and was rushed to the hospital. "Sourav Ganguly suffered from chest discomfort while doing treadmill at his home gym. He had a family history of IHD OE Ischemic heart disease. When he came to the hospital at 1 pm, his pulse was 70/min, BP 130/80 mm of Hg and other clinical parameters were within normal limits. His ECG showed hyperacute ST-segment elevation in inferior leads and lateral leads," said the medical bulletin of Woodlands Hospital.

 

 

"Echo showed mild inferior wall hypokynaesia with preserved overall left ventricular function. He is stable hemodynamically. He has received loading doses of dual antiplatelets and statin and is undergoing primary angioplasty now," it added.

 

 

Ganguly had on Wednesday visited Eden Gardens and discussed preparations for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Avishek Dalmiya.

 

Other office-bearers of CAB including secretary Snehashis Ganguly and joint secretary Debabrata Das were also present at the stadium. Earlier this week, Ganguly had also cleared the air about him joining politics ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls next year. He had stated that he went to meet the state's Governor upon invitation. "If the Governor wants to meet you, you have to meet him. So let us keep it like that," said Ganguly.