And it was Ahmed RefaatThe 30-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest for about two hours during his team’s match against Al-Ittihad Alexandria last March, and was transferred to the hospital where he was saved and brought back to life.
At that time, the hospital revealed in an official statement: “The player Ahmed Refaat, a player for the club, attended… Modern Future AndEgypt national team To the hospital by ambulance.. where he arrived in a state of cardiac arrest and according to medical protocols, cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed for more than two hours in the emergency room.
The statement added: “During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the heart rate was disturbed more than once, which necessitated the use of electric shocks more than 20 times. After that, the patient was placed on a ventilator. After the condition stabilized, the patient was transferred to intensive care to complete treatment.”
Today, Modern Sport Club announced in an official statement the death of Rafat “due to a sharp deterioration in his health condition”, after a long struggle with health complications resulting from the heart attack.
It is noteworthy that Rafat played for several prominent Egyptian clubs, including Enppi, Zamalek and Al-Masry, and he also represented the Egyptian national team in 7 international matches.
Ahmed Refaat, Modern Future player, fainted in the final minutes of his team’s match against host Al-Ittihad Alexandria in the Egyptian League, on Monday.
The referee, Ibrahim Mohamed, ended the match minutes before the end, after the former Egyptian national team player fell.