Ireland all-rounder Simi Singh, who originates from India, is currently battling for his life. The cricketer is suffering from acute liver failure, and is reported to be in the ICU of a hospital in Gurugram as of now. The report also stated that the cricketer is currently waiting for a liver transplant that is to be performed at the same hospital he is admitted in.
Simi played for Punjab in the U-14 and U-17 levels but could not make the U-19 team. He then flew to Ireland to study hotel management, and in 2006 joined Malahide Cricket Club as a professional.
Simi’s father-in-law Parvinder Singh shared the condition of the cricketer.
“Some five-six months back, when he was in Dublin, Ireland, Simi developed a strange kind of fever which kept coming and going. He got himself examined there, but nothing conclusive came out in the check-ups. The medical professionals there said that they couldn’t find the underlying cause and therefore they wouldn’t start medication,” said Parvinder.
“The process was getting delayed and Simi’s health was deteriorating, so we decided to get him treated in India for ‘better medical attention’. Simi flew to Mohali in late June, and after a few consultations with various physicians his treatment started in PGI, Chandigarh in the beginning of July. There the line of treatment was taken for TB (tuberculosis) and antibiotics were given to him. Later, results came out that he didn’t have TB.”
“As his fever didn’t subside, we took him to a private hospital in Mohali for a second opinion. There, we were told that Simi didn’t have TB, but the course of the medicines – six weeks – had to be completed. Along with the TB medicines, steroids were also given to him. After that, his fever started increasing again and he developed acute jaundice. In the last week of August, we took him back to PGI where he was admitted to the ICU. But his health kept deteriorating and the PGI physicians detected that he had developed acute liver failure. They advised us to take Simi to Medanta, Gurugram, because there was a high probability of him slipping into coma after which a transplant wouldn’t be possible. We came to Medanta on September 3,” he added.
Simi is currently reported to be waiting for a liver transplant, and his wife Agamdeep Kaur has agreed to donate one part of her liver for Simi.
