American football player Damar Hamlin who collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest during a game last week has now been released from hospital in Buffalo.
Hamlin‘s heart had to be re-started twice after he suddenly fell to the ground during the match against the Cincinnati Bengals on 2 January.
For almost a week, doctors listed his condition as “critical” but then the 24-year-old slowly started to communicate by writing. He then began to grip people’s hands and his breathing tube was removed.
His team, the Buffalo Bills, confirmed on Wednesday he had been discharged from hospital and will continue his rehabilitation at home.
Medical staff had been forced to rush onto the field in Cincinnati to give Hamlin CPR for about 10 minutes. An ambulance then drove onto the pitch as the crowd fell silent, and his teammates huddled to pray.
