Garden City Games: Six kung-fu fighters land in hospital
On July 6, 2011 · In Sports
By George Onah Port Harcourt
No fewer than six kungfu fighters participating in the ongoing Garden City Games 2011 in Port Harcourt , Rivers State , have been admitted for intensive treatment at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital, BMH.
Vanguardsports gathered that 30 of the sportsmen have so far been referred to the BMH from the City Hall, Moscow Road, while it was learnt that the admitted kungfu men where stretched out of the arena after their bouts.
It was observed that the “Bruce Lee” men and women are usually given first aid by the medics at the venue immediately after the flying and kicking bouts before being referred to the specialist hospital.
The condition of the six athletes could not be ascertained at the BMH because the nurses there told Vanguardsports that “we have orders from above that no visitor must be allowed to see them”.
However, nurse Anagalu at the venue of the combat told the press that there were doctors “at the hospital, who are part of this team taking care of the athletes on admission and of course they would get the best of treatment”.
Another medical personnel explained that “this kungfu thing is a very dangerous game and we are always treating them here after each tournament and we don’t expect any bad situation than what we have seen anyway”.
It would be recalled that one Kungfu athlete died during the last gasmes in Kaduna.
The 17th National Sports Festival has three medical stages for athletes and officials seeking medical attention at the primary, secondary and tertiary stages, which includes mobile medical clinic at the various event centers.
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