"Critical" Rod Marsh moved to another hospital
Legendary Aussie cricketer Rod Marsh has been transferred to another hospital to be closer to family and friends.
The 74-year-old, who remains in an induced coma, suffered a major heart attack on February 24 on his way to a charity event in the Queensland city of Bundaberg.
Marsh was flown from Bundaberg Hospital to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on Monday, a hospital spokesman confirmed to SMH.
Paul Marsh, one of Marsh's son’s released a statement on behalf of the family confirming that his father is in “the fight of his life”.
"He (Rod) is currently in the fight of his life and remains in an induced coma in critical condition," the statement reads.
"At the moment this is a waiting game and we are unlikely to have any certainty for some time."
"We know there is a lot of interest in Dad's condition and our family has been overwhelmed by the messages of love and support from all around the world.”
The family also thanked Dave Hillier and John Glanville who were with Rod at the time of the heart attack.
“We will provide further updates once we have them and, in the meantime, we ask media to respect our family's privacy as we focus on helping Dad fight this battle."
Rod Marsh represented Australia in 96 Test matches and 92 ODIs between 1970 and 1984, and scored 3633 Test runs and claimed 343 catches during a stellar international career.
After a successful career, Marsh retired in 1984 but remained an icon within the cricket community as a coach, commentator and national selector, before being inducted into the Cricket Australia Hall of Fame in 2005 and the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.
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