FORMER Singapore soccer star Dollah Kassim, in a coma and fighting for his life in hospital, had serious underlying health conditions before he collapsed last Sunday.
His doctor revealed on Wednesday that 60-year-old former striker was a diabetic with significant coronary heart disease that had gone undetected earlier.
Dollah also developed a lung infection after his heart attack during half-time at the Sultan of Selangor Cup veterans match at Jalan Besar Stadium.
He suffered brain injury too, as his brain did not receive enough oxygen immediately after the heart attack.
Still, Dollah is lucky to be alive and putting up a fight, said Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) consultant cardiologist Dinesh Nair on Wednesday.
'He is actually very fortunate to have survived that trip to the hospital, as most out-of-hospital (cardiac) arrests do not make it to hospital,' he said.
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