Former NBA power forward Manute Bol was hospitalized last week with serious kidney and a painful skin condition after falling critically ill on the plane he was traveling back to the U.S. After a trip to his native Sudan, where he was helping to fight electoral corruption in the recent elections in the African country.
Tom Prichard, director of a group of Sudanese reconciliation, which was collaborating with Manute, acknowledged the grave danger to the life of the tallest player who has gone through the NBA (2.31). "I will survive, but if he had stayed two days in Sudan would not be alive right now," Prichard said.
Bol was entered during the scale that made his plane at Dulles International Airport and was quickly subjected to three dialysis treatments. The player has developed a rare disease called Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which causes them to emit it pieces of skin.
The African spent seven NBA teams, but by reason of transfers only got to play in four of them, Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. During his career he averaged 2.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots.
