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Max’s heart stopped while playing basketball. It was a case of 'sudden cardiac arrest' – video

At 14, Max’s heart stopped during a basketball game. Five years after her son's death, Fiona Connolly recalls pleading with hospital staff to save her son. 'I said, "This is Max. His name is Max, and I really need you to to do what you do really well, and please just get him back to life.”' Research suggests one person under 35 experiences a sudden cardiac arrest every day in Australia, and…

Max’s heart stopped while playing basketball. It was a case of 'sudden cardiac arrest' – video

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