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UFS cricketer responding well after heart stops

───   MORGAN PIEK 08:44 Sat, 16 Nov 2019

UFS cricketer responding well after heart stops | News Article
Nathan Roux - Free State Academy

The University of the Free State cricketer, Nathan Roux, is responding well in the Intensive Care Unit of Mediclinic Bloemfontein, after suffering from a heart issue on Thursday afternoon.


The player remains in a critical, but stable condition in ICU.

The 21-year-old opening batsman for UFS I and the Free State Academy was rushed to hospital by his housemates after his heart stopped beating on Thursday afternoon. Medical staff were able, after repeated attempts, to get his heart functioning again.

He is being kept sedated and is on a ventilator and while it is still very early, the signs are positive at this stage.

His father, Chris Roux, a financial adviser from Queenstown, travelled to be by his side and told OFM Sport that by Saturday morning things were looking positive and they believe he will make a full recovery.

“He is still sedated at this stage and this is because he is fighting all the way. The fluid is off his chest that the significance of this is that his heart is functioning. The fluid can only be cleared by the heart.

“Another very positive thing is that his lung function is at 100%. The physician indicated that they are going to start taking the breathing tubes out.

“With regard to his brain function, the neurologist checked those reports and indicated that there is no damage there.

“Everything is clear at this stage and is it getting better with Nathan by the hour.

“It is very positive, and he is going to make a full recovery. We know that.”

Roux attended Queens College in Queenstown and represented Border as a wicketkeeper at age-group level.


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