CB Santurtzi’s match suspended due to the fainting of a Cantbasket player

Great scare that was experienced last Sunday in the Albericia de Santander pavilion. The match between Cantbasket and CB Santurtzi passed with total normality until, with exactly two minutes and 42 seconds to go until the first quarter ended, Óscar Cabrera, a local player, suffered a syncope that brought his hands to his head. everyone present. The Dominican player was about to take off from the baseline when he suddenly fainted for no apparent reason. One of those force majeure reasons for both squads decided to postpone the match.

Óscar Cabrera suffered a syncope and left the pavilion on a stretcher, already conscious and showing his thumb up in an attempt to reassure those present, who gave him applause upon his departure. The game, which at that time went completely to the background, was immediately suspended by the will of both parties, when it was 9-14 on the scoreboard. The date on which this bid will resume is still unknown. Meanwhile, the 26-year-old player was transferred to the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, where he was under observation after performing different medical and analytical tests.

The Cantbasket board of directors expressed their gratitude in a statement for “the quick and important intervention of the club’s doctor, Fernando Cortina; together with doctors Fermín and Noelia, parents of players from the Cantbasket 04 quarry, who were in the stands watching the game; in addition to the Urgencies and Emergencies 061 service of the Cantabrian Health Service ». Likewise, the Cantabrian club also highlighted “the great predisposition and facilities provided by the Santurtzi SK Basketball Club to suspend the game, through its coaching staff led by Iñigo Núñez, and by the referees Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Luis Juli.”