Aligarh: A 14-year-old boy died after suffering a heart attack while practicing for a sports competition in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district. The incident took place on Friday in Sirauli village, where the deceased boy named Mohit Chaudhary was running with his friends to prepare for an upcoming sports event at his school, which is scheduled for December 7.
According to officials, Mohit had completed two rounds of running with his friends when he suddenly collapsed. His friends immediately alerted his family and they rushed him to a nearby hospital. Sadly, doctors declared him dead upon arrival. The cause of his death was later confirmed as a heart attack.
Similar incidents
This is not the first such incident in Aligarh. In October, a 20-year-old girl named Mamata also collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack while running in Arrana village.
In the past 25 days, there have been at least three more reported cases of people suffering cardiac arrests in Aligarh. An eight-year-old girl experienced a heart attack while playing in Lodhi Nagar, while a doctor passed away from a cardiac arrest as she was getting ready for work.
Rising trend
Another tragic incident took place on November 20, when Syed Barkat Haider, the son of former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice-chancellor SM Afzal, died due to a heart attack.
There has been a worrying trend of heart attacks among young people in Uttar Pradesh recently. In September, a 9-year-old girl died after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing at her school in Lucknow. The school reported that the girl lost consciousness while playing in the playground, and she was rushed to the hospital, where she was declared dead.
