Romanian justice ruled that Elena Duta was negligent while caring for Patrick Ekeng in 2016
Romanian justice found today Guilty of manslaughter to the doctor who was on the lawn to the Cameroonian international from Dinamo Bucharest Patrick Ekeng, who died in the hospital he was transferred to in 2016 after collapsing during a first division match.
The Bucharest Court of Appeal finds that the convicted doctor, Elena Duta he was seriously negligent in not trying to revive the Cameroonian player for the three minutes it took for the ambulance to arrive
The non-appealable penalty establishes a term of imprisonment of 18 months, which is suspended, and obliges the convicted person to serve a community service for two months.
The investigation into the death of the player, who was 26 years old, revealed that the ambulance that was transporting him was not equipped with the necessary resuscitation equipment.
The court also ordered that damages of 200,000 euros, covered by the insurance company covering the match, be paid to the footballer’s family, according to the Romanian newspaper. Sports Gazette
“We believe justice has been done and we hope it is a warning, both to the clubs and to those providing medical care to athletes,” said the family’s lawyer. Ekeng, Vlad Hossu.
Ekeng, who was 26 years old at the time of his death, died on May 6, 2016 of cardiac arrest in a hospital in Bucharest, to which he had been transferred after the collapse during the Dinamo-Viitorul Constanta of the Romanian League 1.
According to the autopsy, Ekeng suffered from heart problems. Cameroon’s death caused a stir in Romania, where fans of the Dinamo They constantly remembered him in his matches and went to raise money for the footballer’s family.
Ekeng, who became international with the Cameroonian national team, played for Córdoba between 2014 and 2015 and previously was for French club Le Mans and Swiss club Laussane Sports.