Simi Singh who is of Indian Origin Played 53 T20Is For Ireland, Battling For Life
The all rounder of Ireland with Indian origin Simi Singh, who has played 35 ODIs and 53 T20Is for Ireland, is currently battling for his life. According to the report The cricketer is suffering from acute liver failure, is currently in the ICU of a Gurugram hospital. The report further stated that the cricketer is waiting for a liver transplant that will be performed at the hospital.
Simi Singh’s father-in-law Parvinder Singh opened up about the cricketer’s condition.
Parvinder said, “Some five-six months back, when he was in Dublin, Ireland, Simi developed a strange kind of fever which kept coming and going. He got himself examined there, but nothing conclusive came out in the check-ups. The medical professionals there said that they couldn’t find the underlying cause and therefore they wouldn’t start medication.”
He further added, “As his fever didn’t subside, we took him to a private hospital in Mohali for a second opinion. There, we were told that Simi didn’t have TB, but the course of the medicines – six weeks – had to be completed. Along with the TB medicines, steroids were also given to him. After that, his fever started increasing again and he developed acute jaundice. In the last week of August, we took him back to PGI where he was admitted to the ICU. But his health kept deteriorating and the PGI physicians detected that he had developed acute liver failure. They advised us to take Simi to Medanta, Gurugram, because there was a high probability of him slipping into coma after which a transplant wouldn’t be possible. We came to Medanta on September 3.”