In an unfortunate turn of events, former Team India captain Kapil Dev suffered a massive heart attack on Friday morning following which he was hospitalised at the Fortis Escort Hospital in Delhi. It is expected that he will be discharged in the next couple of days, said the hospital.
“Cricketer Kapil Dev came to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (Okhla Road) emergency department at 1:00 am on 23rd October with a complaint of chest pain. He was evaluated and an emergency coronary angioplasty was performed in the middle of night,” stated the hospital.
“Currently, he is admitted in ICU and under close supervision of Dr Atul Mathur and his team. Kapil Dev is stable now and he is expected to get discharged in a couple of days.”
Angioplasty is a procedure to open blocked arteries and restore normal blood flow to the heart. One of India’s greatest cricketers, Kapil played 131 Tests and 225 ODIs. He is the only player in cricket’s history to claim over 400 wickets (434) and accumulate more than 5,000 runs in Tests.
