UPDATE: Filipino man complained of chest pains before collapsing
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This was related to Virgin Islands News Online by a saddened member of the Filipino Association, Mr Louie R. Boblete this morning March 16, 2015.
Mr Boblete said Lab Technician attached to Peebles Hospital, Mr Arthur Lamberang, collapsed with chest pains at a game at the Save the Seed Energy Centre on Sunday.
“He called for a time out and then suddenly he had a chest pain. We tried to press his chest but after the foul he collapsed,” said Mr Poblete, who added that the game was the first of the day in the Filipino Basketball League.
Boblete recalled that Lamberang was off the court at the time of collapsing. “So he was not playing. He played and then after that he called for substitution, and then after that he took a rest and then after that I think there was a foul and then he fell down and that’s it.”
According to Mr Poblete, Lamberang was rushed to Peebles Hospital some two to three minutes after collapsing but succumbed shortly after reaching the health care facility. “I am really, really sad because he is one of my good fellow. He was really loyal and he was a very hard working guy.”
See story published on March 15, 2015
Player dies after collapsing @ Filipino B/ball League
- deceased was a staff member of Peebles Hospital
Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that tragedy struck the Filipino Basketball League being played at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom as a player collapsed during a game today, Sunday March 15, 2015 and has since passed away.
According to reports, Mr Arthur Lamberang was rushed to Peebles Hospital after he collapsed but later succumbed.
The Filipino man was attached to the X-Ray Department of Peebles Hospital as a Lab Technician and staff members there are reportedly in shock over his death.
Chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) and Founder of Save the Seed Energy Center, Bishop John I. Cline said he received reports from the BVIHSA CEO Darlene Carty-Baptiste who confirmed that a Peebles Hospital staff member collapsed while playing at a basketball game and has since died.
Cline described the death as "unfortunate and sad".
Virgin Islands News Online spoke to several staff members who were in a state of shock, some crying as they spoke of him as being one of the very lovable persons on staff.
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26 Responses to “UPDATE: Filipino man complained of chest pains before collapsing”
WTF; they have their own league(WOW!!!)
we are all saddened by the unfortunate turn of events.