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Chris Cairns suffers paralysis in legs

Updated on: 28 August,2021 07:34 AM IST  |  Melbourne
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Cairns, 51, has returned to Australian capital Canberra where he lives, but remains in a serious condition after suffering complications following major heart surgery in Sydney

Chris Cairns suffers paralysis in legs

Chris Cairns. File Pic

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has suffered paralysis in his legs after the stroke in his spine during a life-saving heart surgery in Australia, according to reports.


Cairns, 51, has returned to Australian capital Canberra where he lives, but remains in a serious condition after suffering complications following major heart surgery in Sydney.



“During the life saving emergency heart surgery Chris underwent in Sydney he suffered a stroke in his spine. This has resulted in paralysis in his legs,” Cairns’ lawyer Aaron Lloyd said on Friday in a statement published in Stuff.co.nz.


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