Tom Lockyer’s Heart Attack Incident: Luton Captain Stable After Collapse

2023-12-16 18:03:36

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published 1 hour ago, Updated 8 minutes ago

Moment of fear this Saturday in Bournemouth, following Tom Lockyer’s discomfort. PAUL CHILDS / REUTERS

Tom Lockyer collapsed in the middle of a match at Bournemouth this Saturday, during the 17th day of the English championship.

Luton captain Tom Lockyer is in a “conditionstable» following suffering a heart attack in the middle of a match on Saturday at Bournemouth, the club reassured in a press release. “Our medical team has confirmed that the Hatters captain suffered a cardiac arrest on the field, but was responsive by the time he was carried off on the stretcher», Wrote the promoted on the social network X (formerly Twitter). He subsequently “been transferred to hospital, where we can reassure our supporters that he is in a stable condition and is currently undergoing further tests with his family at his bedside“, it was clarified.

Lockyer collapsed on the hour mark on the Bournemouth pitch, while the score was 1-1. The players first returned to the locker room, while the player was taken care of by the medical teams. The match was then definitively stopped by referee Simon Hooper. The Welsh international had already collapsed in May at Wembley during the Premier League promotion duel between Luton and Coventry. He then underwent an operation to correct atrial fibrillation, an abnormality described by the National Health Service (NHS) as causing “an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate».

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