However Campbell’s coronary heart surgeon anticipated him to make a full restoration in a number of weeks’ time and resume his duties with the Netherlands workforce.
“I wish to take this chance to thank the wonderful docs and nurses on the Royal Stoke Hospital essential care unit for his or her unimaginable professionalism, kindness and compassion,” Campbell mentioned in a press release launched by the Australian Cricketers’ Affiliation. “I additionally wish to thank Beci Bassett, a father or mother on the journey playground in Cheshire who instantly administered CPR. Her braveness and fast intervention fairly merely saved my life.
“My spouse Leontina was at my bedside hour after hour and stored our households knowledgeable of my progress. She dealt bravely with each growth thrown her method. LT, I thanks and love you. LT was joined early on by my nice mate Simon Millington, who flew out from Nevada to be there for her and her household and assisted them all through the ordeal. For this, I might be eternally grateful.
“Lastly, I wish to say an enormous thanks to all my well-wishers from around the globe. The quantity of messages of affection and assist my household and I obtained was extraordinarily humbling.”
He was at a playground along with his kids when he collapsed. He was instantly taken to the hospital and stored beneath heavy sedation.
Campbell performed two ODIs for Australia and was a part of the Hong Kong facet on the 2016 T20 World Cup, the place he performed two T20Is on the age of 44. He has been the top coach of Netherlands since 2017.