Three Chinese Football Fans Dead After Continuously Watching The World Cup With No Sleep
Watching the World Cup turned out to be a deadly affair for some Chinese fans as lack of sleep to watch the game became the cause of their deaths.
By Darian Goh — 18 Jun 2014, 05:52 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A football fan in Shanghai, China was found dead after consecutively watching World Cup matches 3 nights straight with no sleep
Zhou Meng collapsed on the sofa while watching football on Saturday. He was rushed to the Shanghai No. 10 People's Hospital (pictured) suffering a suspected stroke but was pronounced dead several hours later .
Image via dailymail.co.ukA football fan in China has died of a stroke that doctors believe was brought on by him staying awake for three successive nights to watch the World Cup. Zhou Meng, a 39-year-old from Shanghai, collapsed on his sofa after suffering a stroke while watching the Saturday night match between Uruguay and Costa Rica.
dailymail.co.ukDoctors said the man known to have high blood pressure had died of stroke caused by a brain haemorrhage.
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The victim, who had not slept for the previous two nights, was rushed to a Shanghai hospital after suffering a stroke “caused by brain stem haemorrhage”. He was pronounced dead at 9pm that night, the Shanghai Daily reported. Relatives described him as a “keen football fan”.
telegraph.co.ukMeanwhile, a 25-year old man from Suzhou, China was found dead in front of his television
A Chinese man was found dead in front of his television. Picture for illustration purposes only.
Image via scmp.comA 25-year-old man football fan in Suzhou, Jiangsu province was found dead in front of his television at home on Saturday morning. Doctors attributed his death to sleep deprivation.
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Hours later, a young man from Suzhou, who was not named, was found slumped in front of his computer screen as it broadcast the Chile-Australia match, the Shanghai Morning Post said.
telegraph.co.ukIn yet another isolated case, a 51-year old man suffered a heart attack during the World Cup match between Spain and the Netherlands
The first Chinese victim of the 2014 World Cup appears to have been Li Mingqiang, a retired goalkeeper and football enthusiast from Liaoning province in northeast China. Mr Li, 51, suffered a heart attack on Saturday as he watched the Netherlands spring an unexpected pre-dawn thrashing on Spain, the defending world champions.
telegraph.co.ukAnother man, a 51-year-old native in Dalian, Liaoning province died after suffering from a heart failure while watching the Holland-Spain match with his friends. Efforts by emergency service staff to revive him failed.
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The World Cup is currently held in Brazil and the time difference between the China and Brazil is 11 hours
Beijing and Brasilia have a time difference of 11 hours which means Chinese fans will have to stay up through the night to follow the World Cup tournament. The majority of World Cup games start between midnight and 6 a.m. Beijing time.
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The 11-hour gap between China and host nation Brazil means millions of Chinese football lovers have been forced to sacrifice their beds in order to keep up with the South American goal fest.
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