Tuesday, February 22, 2011

China, playing in front of the pc for 72 hourthen falls into a coma and dies

A 30 year old Chinese died after spending the last 72 hours of his life in front of a computer screen playing in an internet cafe. It happened in the Chaoyang district, near Beijing for three consecutive days the young in practice he never ate, drank or slept. He felt ill while he was in the room. Comatose, was rushed to hospital, as reported the Beijing Times, but doctors were unable to revive him.


"At first reacted, albeit weakly, to the drugs administered have told rescuers -. He stretched his arms and repeatedly taken positions scary, but after a while he died, "Dependence - A story of the news that illustrates the phenomenon of dependence on computer games, which are suffering in China, 33 million kids, according to investigators quoted in the press.

According to feedback from customers of the internet point, the victim came from the north east of China and lived in a rented apartment near the room where he had spent more than 10 thousand yuan (over a thousand euro) for his "passion". It has not broken off the chair for three days and three nights before he died, said the release.

The government had announced last year a series of rules to control the online gaming industry and crack down on pornographic and violent content.

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