Jean-Pierre Adams: Former French footballer dies after nearly 40 years in a coma

 


Jean-Pierre Adams who scored 22 victories for France

Jean-Pierre Adams, France's world-famous footballer of his time, has died at the age of 73 after nearly 40 years in a coma.

Adams was hospitalized in 1982 for knee surgery. He was anesthetized for surgery but never regained consciousness due to the large amount of anesthesia he did.

Born in the African country of Senegal, the player played 140 matches for the French city of Nice. He also played for the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) team.

The PSG said in a statement that Adams "received a lot of praise for his enthusiasm, charismatic personality and sporting experience."

Nice's team paid tribute to Adams, saying he had 22 wins for France from 1972 to 1976 before playing for Monaco.

Adams appeared in 84 Olympic commercials. The company paid tribute to him on his death, saying "they are sending their heartfelt condolences to his family and friends on this occasion."

Adams accident of going into a coma 

On the day Adams had to undergo surgery to remove a tandem injured in his knee, which occurred during an injury to him during training, a large number of staff at Leanne's Hospital were on strike.

Despite this, the doctors operated on him. At the time, anesthesiologists were working to anesthetize eight patients at a time, including Adams.

Adams was being cared for by a trainee doctor at the hospital. " At the time I was assigned to take care of them i was not qualified for the job he later said.


Before the operation, the anesthesiologist and the trainee doctor made a number of mistakes that led to Adams having a heart attack and irreparable damage to his brain due to a blood clot.

The anesthetist and trainee was convicted and sentenced in the 1990s. He was sentenced to one month in suspended prison and fined 750 euros.

Adams was released from the hospital 15 months after the operation. Since then, his wife, Bernadette, has been caring for him in Namaz.

Attachment to perfection' 

The BBC South Africa's sports correspondent Pierre Edwards writes that Bernadette Adams is a wonderful woman, but with strong iron nerves who shut down her life-supporting machine despite her husband's deteriorating condition in a coma. Never thought of doing

During those four decades, she cared for Jean-Pierre Adams almost daily, changing his clothes, preparing food for him, and bringing him presents at every festival or special occasion. She must talk to him everyday. 

Apparently there was no reaction from the great man during his victory, but the nurses in his care say that Adams' mood changed when Bernadette went somewhere for a day or two. 

The player's playing skills were described as "very high" by the famous German player Franz Beacon Bohr.

"I went to Adams' house in southern France in 2016, where Bernadette said the hospital had never apologized for the accident," Edwards wrote.

"She was thinking about this accident every day."

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