PUBG: The Recent Incidents Indicate This Game is More Dangerous Than You May Imagine

After playing PUBG for six straight hours, a 16-year-old student of class XII named Furqan Qureshi from Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh succumbed to a major cardiac arrest last week and lost his life.

Call it the gravest level of gaming addiction, but three years back, two Delhi brothers - hooked to gaming consoles in such a way that they forgot to take meals, bathe or even take loo breaks - finally ended up in a rehabilitation facility. Three years is a long time in the world of gaming, but in the world of technology, it has only got worse. With smartphones getting cheaper and better, mobile gaming has taken off and millions of Indian youth are now hooked to games like PlayerUnknown Battleground (PUBG).

After playing PUBG for six straight hours, a 16-year-old student of class XII named Furqan Qureshi from Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh succumbed to a major cardiac arrest last week and lost his life - just as he lost a mission in the multi-player mobile game. The cardiologist who treated him to the biological and mental after-effects of PUBG has now urged the government to put an end to the addictive game before it threatens lives of more children in India. "He was a young boy with a healthy heart. He was a swimmer and had no history of heart issues. The rush of anxiety, anger and hormones triggered a deep shock situation that unfortunately blocked his heart," Dr Ashok Jain, Cardiologist at Pukhratan hospital, Neemuch told IANS. "He was brought without a pulse. We tried to revive him but we could not," Jain added.