BERLIN, Jan. 10 (dpa/EP) –
The Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin has been released from the Cincinnati (United States) hospital where he had been admitted since last Monday and has been allowed to return to Buffalo to continue his recovery, according to reports. confirmed by his doctors.
Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during the Buffalo Bills’ NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday and had been admitted to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in critical condition.
In a medical report offered by doctors William Knight IV and Timothy Pritts, it was confirmed that Hamlin had not only been released from the hospital after showing an excellent recovery, but was also undergoing physical therapy, walking and tolerating a regular diet. The 24-year-old has been taken to a Buffalo hospital for further tests as part of his recovery.
“Damar Hamlin has been released from the hospital and has returned to Buffalo. He is doing well and is in the next stage of his recovery. Since we last informed you, Damar has met a number of key milestones: he has been removed from oxygen She has continued physical and occupational therapy, walked around the unit, tolerated a regular diet, met with her family and many members of the care team who wanted to see how she was doing, all so she could return to Buffalo. “, explained the doctors.
Hamlin himself confirmed the news on Twitter. “I am heading home to Buffalo today with so much love in my heart. Watching the world come together around me on Sunday was an incredible feeling. The same love that you all have shown me is the same love that I plan to give back to the world. , and more. Bigger than football,” he said.
Doctors confirmed that Hamlin’s next steps will include “an ongoing series of tests and evaluations” to try to determine the cause of the incident.
Doctors also stated that it was too soon to draw any conclusions about Hamlin’s football career. “It’s too early to talk not only about his career, but also about his daily recovery. He still has a ways to go in his recovery. We are delighted with his current state; he is up and walking and has an amazing sense of humour.” they expressed.
Knight and Pritts commented that Hamlin watched the Bills win against the New England Patriots on Sunday, joking that after a particularly exciting play he had “set off all the UCI alarm bells.”