Bayram Cetin Tribute

A KEEN footballer’s sudden death recently was caused by a faulty blood transfusion procedure, which caused internal bleeding, a close friend has claimed.

Yunus Mert has claimed that he has seen an autopsy report, which showed that his friend, 28 year-old Bayram Cetin died due to an

ill-fated procedure.

Mr Cetin, who was visiting St Mary's Hospital in London for an eye problem when a virus was found in his blood, died because of the manner in which a tube was inserted or exerted in a procedure that aimed at removing virus infected blood from his body. 

Yunus Mert, who accompanied Mr Cetin to the hospital said that his death was so hard to accept because other than his eye problem Bayram, who was a keen footballer and played for Turkiyem Spor in the Turkish Federation’s second division, was fit and healthy.

"There wasn't any beds in the hospital’s eye department so we were told to go to another department. It was in this other department that they found that he had a virus in his blood so they decided to pump out the virus via a blood transfusion. They did so by inserting a millimetre width tube direct into his heart.

"After the procedure was completed Bayram wanted to smoke a cigarette and said that he wanted to go home, but the doctor said that he had to remain for at least a few more hours. It was after he returned to his bed that he began to shake and passed out. The doctors tried to save him but they couldn't," Mert said.

However, St Mary's Hospital were unable to comment on the incident as there has been no formal complaint lodged by the family.

After a funeral at Suleymaniye Mosque in Shoreditch, Bayram Cetin’s body was flown back to Turkey for burial last Monday (7 July).