Internet Desk: In a tragic incident a footballer died while playing the game on field in Mumbai. The incident occurred on a football field in Mumbra near Kalyan. Ashoke Maity a 33 year old footballer died of a cardiac arrest while he was about to take the tie-breaker shot for his team Tarun Sporting Club a second division club in the local tournament. Ashoke was a die-hard football fanatic and worked in the Gold manufacturing area of Javeri Bazar in Mumbai. He used to participate for his team Tarun Sporting Club in Maha League 2nd division.
Before taking the tie-breaker shot Ashok fell on the ground, everyone thought he must have gone unconscious. There was no doctor or Ambulance for the second division match on the ground. The tragedy amplified when the referee and the linesmen present didn’t have the knowledge of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR, it is an emergency procedure that combines chest compression often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest. This goes to show the terrible neglect our sportsmen still face when medical supervision is concerned on the field throughout the country. After lying on the ground for over half an hour he was rushed to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Ashok originates from Sinthi in North Kolkata. In Javeri Bazar area he was a very popular figure who ardently played football.
Another Club official Jeorgi Saha said, “We are trying to arrange a charity match on his memory to raise funds to help his family”.
Death on Football field has occured earlier too. One tragedy struck the final of the 26th Federation Cup football championship on December 2004. Dempo won the match 2-0 but lost its star striker Cristiano Junior moments after he scored his second goal against Mohun Bagan, a goal which turned out to be his last. The Brazilian player collided with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Pal and crashed to the turf. In the 1993-94 Santosh Trophy tournament at Kannur, Indian Railways’ Sanjib Datta died after being hit in the solar plexus while going for the ball.