Former France and PSG defender Jean Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73 following a 39-year coma. Adams boasted 22 caps for France, becoming one of the first Black players to play for Les Bleus. Jean also played for Nimes, Nice and PSG. All three clubs have released statements regarding the death of their former star.
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Jean Pierre Adams fell into a coma after a botched knee operation in 1982. In France at the time many doctors and medical personnel were on strike, so the only people available at Jean Pierre’s operation were a trainee and an anaesthetist. His wife Bernadette in 2016 told CNN “The female anaesthetist was looking after eight patients, one after the other, like an assembly line,”. The anaesthetist and trainee made numerous mistakes under pressure on the day. Mistakes that eventually led to Jean Pierre’s vegetative state and eventual passing.
Adams was intubated incorrectly, with one tube blocking the passageway to his lungs instead of ventilating it. The former player suffered a cardiac arrest because of the lack of oxygen, which led to him falling into a coma. In 2016 his wife Bernadette told BBC that the hospital hasn’t yet apologised. Bernadette was given many plaudits on social media after taking care of her husband for nearly four decades.
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