Lim Soo-Hyeok
Encyclopedia
Lim Soo-Hyeok was a baseball
catcher to the Lotte Giants
.
at the Jamsil Stadium in southern Seoul
. Reports said that Lim collapsed due to a heart arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat and failed to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation on time. Although an emergency medical service vehicle arrived and transported Lim to a hospital, the brain damage he received from the incident was said to have resulted largely from the lack of first aid soon after Lim collapsed at the stadium. Poor first aid and the ensuing brain damage resulting from lack of oxygen to the brain meant there wasn't much the doctors at the hospital could do to help Lim once he was brought to the hospital. The former baseball player went onto spend the next decade in a vegetative state.
His family later sued the Lotte Giants and LG Twins in April, 2003 for 800 million.
when he was taken into Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital in eastern Seoul.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
catcher to the Lotte Giants
Lotte Giants
The Lotte Giants are a professional baseball team based in Busan, Korea, and one of the original franchises of the Korea Baseball Organization league. The Lotte Giants are owned by the Japanese-South Korean Lotte conglomerate....
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Career
In 1994, Lim began to start baseball and a promising player with a lot of potential. In his rookie season, Lim batted .250 in 29 games, and .247 with 15 home runs. In 1996, Lim produced .311 with 11 home runs and 76 RBI. During his seven year career, he began to boost a career total of 345 hits, 47 home runs, and .257 RBI with a .266 RBI.Personal life
On April, 2000, Lim suddenly collapsed at the second base against the LG TwinsLG Twins
LG Twins Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. The club was known as the MBC Blue Dragons owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation until , when they were taken over by the LG Group...
at the Jamsil Stadium in southern Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
. Reports said that Lim collapsed due to a heart arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat and failed to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation on time. Although an emergency medical service vehicle arrived and transported Lim to a hospital, the brain damage he received from the incident was said to have resulted largely from the lack of first aid soon after Lim collapsed at the stadium. Poor first aid and the ensuing brain damage resulting from lack of oxygen to the brain meant there wasn't much the doctors at the hospital could do to help Lim once he was brought to the hospital. The former baseball player went onto spend the next decade in a vegetative state.
His family later sued the Lotte Giants and LG Twins in April, 2003 for 800 million.
Death
On February 7, 2010, Lim Soo-Hyeok died from a cardiac dysrhythmiaCardiac dysrhythmia
Cardiac dysrhythmia is any of a large and heterogeneous group of conditions in which there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heart beat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular or irregular.Some arrhythmias are life-threatening medical emergencies that can result in cardiac...
when he was taken into Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital in eastern Seoul.