Jordanian handball player Adel Bakr Attari (36) suddenly collapses mid-game, dies of heart attack

Kufranja player Adel Bakr Attari suddenly collapsed in the second half of a competition match in the Jordan Handball Cup against Al-Salt Club on November 7th, 2022.

Despite a rapid intervention from the doctors present at the game and the subsequent transportation to a local hospital, he sadly passed away the next day.

The Jordan Handball Federation issued a statement the same day explaining that Atari suffered a serious heart attack. He was 36 years old.

Adel Bakr Attari also played for the Jordanian national team.

According to the scientific article below, the "pooled COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate" in Jordan for 2022 is almost 49%. I was unable to find whether Adel Bakr Attari belongs to the almost half of the population that got the injection.

The COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Jordan: a meta-analysis and review of the literature
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36394768/

The article concludes, "there is still a need for more efforts and awareness interventions to reach a convincing level of vaccination against COVID-19 in Jordan". The author might want to reconsider that statement.

REFERENCES

IHF and entire handball family mourn death of Adel Bakr Attari | International Handball Federation
https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/ihf-and-entire-handball-family-mourn-death-adel-bakr-attari

National handball player dies after suffering heart attack during match | Jordan News
https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-71/Football/National-handball-player-dies-after-suffering-heart-attack-during-match-24328

Death of Kufranja player and national handball team, Adel Bakr | Amon News
https://en.ammonnews.net/article/61359
👆 "He noted that the efforts of the ambulance teams succeeded in resuscitating him, but his heart stopped again when he arrived at the hospital, noting that upon his arrival at the hospital he had a catheterization procedures ."

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYJpzwuvhLs