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Patrick Ekeng played for Cameroon at
the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
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Doctor charged with manslaughter of
Cameroon international
The Romanian public prosecutor has charged
emergency doctor Elena Duta with the manslaughter of former Cameroon midfielder
Patrick Ekeng.
Ekeng, 26, collapsed during a league match
for Dinamo Bucharest in May and died of heart failure.
The
prosecutor said Duta, the emergency medical specialist in the ambulance which
took Ekeng to hospital, made no attempt to resuscitate the player.
Hospital
staff were unable to resuscitate him on
his arrival.
An
autopsy showed the player was suffering from multiple serious heart problems,
but the Bucharest prosecutor said: "Even if among Patrick Ekeng's causes
of death were the cardiac problems he suffered from, by her unjustified
inaction Elena Duta removed any chance of survival.
"She did not evaluate the footballer's
state of health and made no attempt at resuscitation."
The
prosecutor's office quoted forensic scientists as saying 95% of people with
similar heart problems survive cardiac arrest if defibrillation is administered
within 60 seconds.
"The
chances of survival drop by 5.5% with every minute," prosecutors said.
Ekeng
fell to the floor in the 70th minute of a televised Romanian league match
between Dinamo and Viitorul.
He
was pronounced dead in hospital two hours later.
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