Former French footballer Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73 after spending 39 years in a coma.
Adams was 34 when he slipped into a deep coma in 1982 following an anesthesia error during routine knee surgery at Lyon Hospital.
He was said to have been in ‘great shape’ going into the operation and was expected to wake up after only a few hours but he remained in the coma for 39 years.
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Adams was pronounced dead on Monday at the Nimes University Hospital.
The 73-year-old was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1948 and went on to play 22 times for the France national team from 1972 to 1976.
He also made 41 appearances for Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, although spent the majority of his career playing at Nice.
According to the Blizzard, as per the Guardian, Adams was undertaking a coaching course in Dijon when he became concerned about his knee.
He ended up putting the course on hold on the fourth day and headed to the hospital in Lyon for a scan.
The scan showed Adams had suffered damage to the tendon at the back of his knee, and a surgeon suggested that the best course of action was to operate.
“It’s all fine, I’m in great shape,” Adams reportedly told his wife Bernadette on the morning of the operation.
Adams was placed in a coma for surgery, but he never awoke from it.
His doctor while he was at PSG, Pierre Huth, led a case against the way in which the operation was handled.
The case dragged on for seven years before the Seventh Chamber of Correctional Tribunal in Lyon eventually found the doctors guilty of involuntary injury.
In 2007, Adam’s wife provided a brief update on her husband and explained: “Jean-Pierre feels, smells, hears, jumps when a dog barks. But he cannot see.”
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Wow. God is great indeed.
“Ex-French International Dies After 39 Years In Coma”
This is beyond my imagination o. RIP Jean-Pierre Adams. God bless Nigeria!!!
Imagine what the family had to go through, with their loved one in a coma for 39 years.
May God give them peace.
This one is shocking ooo
First heard about this about 7years ago,but i initially thought was one of those stories,went to the Google to confirm and I saw only the pic on the hospital bed.But now after his demise I can confirm it ever existed.
Unfortunately, it is a big pain to the heart,painful because he’ll perhaps would have been doing great things by now,but b3cause of someone stupidity he remained incapacitated until his death.such a sorry story.
I will never believe this was not a deliberate action to kill a rising Star. He might have been a victim of racism! May your soul rest in peace.