Schoolboy (†15) dies while playing football: Did doctors not look properly?
Sale (United Kingdom) - A schoolboy (†15) dies suddenly on the soccer pitch - an undiscovered illness led to the tragedy !
It was a normal soccer match on the pitch at Ashton on Mersey School - but for 15-year-old Jake Lawler, the game took a tragic turn.
As the Daily Mail reports, the talented youth soccer player suddenly collapsed on November 5 last year while playing with his teammates.
Despite immediate first aid measures and the rapid intervention of the emergency services, the teenager could not be revived. He died on the spot.
An inquest into the teenager's death was opened at Coroners' Court in Stockport on Thursday.
Jake Lawler suffered from a rare heart muscle disease
What initially seemed like an unforeseeable misfortune turned out to be the result of a rare genetic heart muscle disease after an examination.
Jake, known for his dedication on the soccer pitch, had already been treated in a hospital in Manchester a month earlier after suddenly experiencing shortness of breath during a match.
At the time, doctors were unable to determine the exact cause. Today it is clear that the undetected illness ultimately claimed the 15-year-old's life.
In a moving post on Facebook , Sale High School expressed its deepest sympathy and offered its full support to Jake's family as well as the students and staff of the school.
A memorial fundhas been set up inmemory of the young athlete to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death in young people, support affected families and promote research in this area.