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Sportshour: Kemoy Campbell: Doctors told me I died

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23/03/2019 GMT

Kemoy Campbell: Doctors told me I died

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Kemoy Campbell: Doctors told me I died

The Jamaican athlete was told by doctors he had "died" after collapsing on the track.

Jamaican runner Kemoy Campbell was told by doctors he had "died" after collapsing on the track during an Athletics event in New York. Campbell spent 17 days in hospital and has been fitted with an internal defibrillator. Despite numerous tests doctors were unable to deduce the cause of the heart failure. He’s been telling Shari Vahl of his traumatic experience.

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