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A video showing a Kenyan church elder collapsing while addressing the congregants has gone viral on social media.
It has now emerged that the elder collapsed after suffering from a heart attack and passed on. The incident took place in Ruiru on May 19, 2024. Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region.
During the address, Rtd Elder Eng Kenneth Kungu Wainaina was reminding the congregation of the church’s vision when he suddenly stopped talking and collapsed.
“We came to this place in the year 2005 on June 19. We are only one month less than 19 years,” the elder opened in the one -minute 24-second clip.
Just before he fainted, a woman was heard screaming in the background, as other church leaders who were at the podium rushed to hold him.
On May 24, the elder’s family published an obituary on Google indicating that he was aged 67 years old at the time of his demise. He was born in 1957.
“With deep sorrow and humble acceptance of God’s will, we the family announce the passing of Rtd. Elder Eng. Kenneth Kungu Wainaina on 19th May 2024,” the obituary read in part.
According to the Mayo Clinic, a heart attack occurs when an artery that sends blood and oxygen to the heart is blocked.
“Fatty, cholesterol-containing deposits build up over time, forming plaques in the heart’s arteries. If a plaque ruptures, a blood clot can form. The clot can block arteries, causing a heart attack. During a heart attack, a lack of blood flow causes the tissue in the heart muscle to die,” the clinic adds.
Symptoms of a heart attack include chest pain that may feel like pressure, tightness, pain, squeezing or aching, pain or discomfort that spreads to the shoulder, arm, back, neck, jaw, teeth or sometimes the upper belly, cold sweat and fatigue.
Others are heartburn or indigestion, light headedness or sudden dizziness, nausea and shortness of breath. (Source: www.the-star.co.ke/news)
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