Shortly after a 3 year old child got drowned and watched off shore another tragic story is making headlines. So, if you're a parent or hope to be one someday, you've got to read this. And learn to be conversant with what is going on in your children/ward lives (Proverb 22:6). Parents need to be more vigilant about their children activities.
Russian Teenager Dies after Playing online Computer Game ‘Defence of the Ancients’ for 22 days in a row.
The 17-year-old, who had broken his leg and was bored at home, sat playing Defence of the Ancients almost continuously, only stopping to sleep and eat.
Investigators discovered the boy, known as Rustam, had spent over 2000 hours playing the game in the past year and a half, which works out at around 6 1/2 hours a day culminating in the intensive almost non-stop sessions over the past 22 days.
Doctors believe he could have died from DVT where someone suffers a thrombosis because they are not moving around very much, like on a cramped long-haul flight.
Police spokeswoman Svetlana Abramova confirmed: “In the last 22 days there is a suspicion he played the game almost all the time, stopping only to take a nap and grab a snack.
“Since the 8th August he had a broken leg and has spent all his time at home playing computer games”.
Pavel Astakhov, a youth behaviour specialist, said: “It is important to follow what your kids are doing.
“In the case of the 17-year-old, there is a suspicion he spent what was the equivalent of 83 whole days online out of the past year and a half.
“A dependence on computer games is one of biggest dangers for the kids nowadays”.
Medical expert Azat Hafizov explained what could have happened: “People can suffer from such problems during long flights when they are forced to sit.
“The boy presumably died from a thrombosis. They are appearing in 50 per cent of cases when people have fractures.”
The boy reportedly collapsed as his virtual online persona was also killed in the game.
Source: News.com.au
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