Thursday, 27 November 2014 00:51
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Reuters: Australia cricketer Phil Hughes was still fighting for his life as family and friends kept vigil at his hospital bedside.
Hughes remains in an induced coma after undergoing emergency surgery on Tuesday when he was struck in the head by a bouncer, a devastating blow that experts likened to the trauma experienced by car crash victims.
The 25-year-old underwent further scans but medical staff at Sydney’s St Vincent’s hospital did not disclose the results.
“Phillip’s condition is unchanged and he remains critical,” the Australian cricket team doctor Peter Brukner told reporters.
“If there are any further developments we will let you know immediately.”
Hughes needed CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after he collapsed at the Sydney Cricket Ground when he was struck in the back of the head by a short-pitched delivery.
He was rushed by ambulance to the nearby hospital and immediately underwent an operation to relieve the pressure on his brain.
Peter Larkins, one of Australia’s leading sports physicians, said people who suffer serious injuries can remain comatose for days but can still make full recoveries.
“While it’s an extraordinary injury in cricket, such head trauma injuries are seen in high speed car crashes all the time and there are some miracle stories of full recoveries,” Larkins told Reuters.
