Wheelchair – Latest News https://latestnews.top Thu, 11 May 2023 05:24:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://latestnews.top/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-licon-32x32.png Wheelchair – Latest News https://latestnews.top 32 32 Lakers star Anthony Davis ‘left Warriors playoff game in a WHEELCHAIR with a towel over https://latestnews.top/lakers-star-anthony-davis-left-warriors-playoff-game-in-a-wheelchair-with-a-towel-over/ https://latestnews.top/lakers-star-anthony-davis-left-warriors-playoff-game-in-a-wheelchair-with-a-towel-over/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 05:24:11 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/05/11/lakers-star-anthony-davis-left-warriors-playoff-game-in-a-wheelchair-with-a-towel-over/ Lakers star Anthony Davis ‘left playoff game in a WHEELCHAIR with a towel over his head’ after getting hit in the temple by but is NOT concussed – despite appearing shaky on his feet Lakers have concerns on if Anthony Davis will now be available for Game 6 Davis got hurt as the Lakers were […]]]>


Lakers star Anthony Davis ‘left playoff game in a WHEELCHAIR with a towel over his head’ after getting hit in the temple by but is NOT concussed – despite appearing shaky on his feet

  • Lakers have concerns on if Anthony Davis will now be available for Game 6
  • Davis got hurt as the Lakers were beaten 106-121 by Golden State Warriors 
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The Los Angeles Lakers have serious concerns over the condition of Anthony Davis amid reports he left Wednesday’s game with Golden State Warriors in a wheelchair.

Davis appeared to take an accidental hit to the side of the head from Kevon Looney in Wednesday’s playoff game against Golden State and was in clear discomfort when he was sat on the sidelines.

Chris Haynes then said on the live commentary that Davis left in a wheelchair after being subbed out and he did appear shaky on his feet as he tried to walk off the court on television.

Haynes later said on NBA on TNT that he had been told Davis took a hit to the temple but had avoided a concussion, He admitted it looked ‘really scary’.

Lakers coach Darvin Ham also moved to ease concerns in his post-game press conference, saying he checked on Davis in the locker room and he seemed to be ok. 

Anthony Davis was struggling after a hit to head when the Lakers played the Warriors

Anthony Davis was struggling after a hit to head when the Lakers played the Warriors 

Davis was in clear discomfort after being subbed off in the fourth quarter of the playoff game

Davis was in clear discomfort after being subbed off in the fourth quarter of the playoff game

‘Obviously everyone saw he took a shot to the head,’ Ham said. ‘I just checked in on him. He seems to be doing really good already.

‘That is where it is at, that is the status of it right now.’

ESPN’s NBA reporter Dave McMenamin claimed Warriors medics were waiting outside the Lakers locker room to find out if they were needed to assist Davis.

When he was speaking to the media, Ham had no further update on when he will learn more on how Davis is. ‘We just got done with the game,’ he said. 

McMenamin said Austin Davis of the Lakers said ‘I believe he’ll (Davis) play’ in Game 6 on Friday night.

But even so, if there are any concerns of a concussion then Davis now has to be a major doubt for Game 6 on Friday in Los Angeles. 

Davis finished with 23 points on 10-for-18 shooting, nine rebounds and three assists but didn’t block a shot. The Lakers lost the game 121-106.



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Wheelchair user is left to CRAWL off a Ryanair flight to Sweden https://latestnews.top/wheelchair-user-is-left-to-crawl-off-a-ryanair-flight-to-sweden/ https://latestnews.top/wheelchair-user-is-left-to-crawl-off-a-ryanair-flight-to-sweden/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 16:33:04 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/05/02/wheelchair-user-is-left-to-crawl-off-a-ryanair-flight-to-sweden/ Wheelchair user is left to CRAWL off a Ryanair flight: Passenger says he just wanted to ‘travel with dignity’ after humiliating experience on flight to Sweden Adrian Keogh was forced to crawl down metal steps of Ryanair flight in Sweden Have you had a similar experience on a flight? Please contact rachael.bunyan@mailonline.co.uk By Rachael Bunyan […]]]>


Wheelchair user is left to CRAWL off a Ryanair flight: Passenger says he just wanted to ‘travel with dignity’ after humiliating experience on flight to Sweden

  • Adrian Keogh was forced to crawl down metal steps of Ryanair flight in Sweden
  • Have you had a similar experience on a flight? Please contact rachael.bunyan@mailonline.co.uk

A wheelchair user was forced to crawl off a Ryanair flight after he was told there was no one to help him disembark, leaving him ‘humiliated’.

Adrian Keogh, from Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland, said he had to drag himself down the metal steps of the Ryanair flight when it landed at Landvetter airport in Sweden on Saturday night at 11pm.

Keogh, who has a spinal injury after a construction accident, said all he wanted to do was ‘travel with dignity’ but instead was subject to a ‘humiliating’ experience with cabin crew watching him struggle down the steps.

The 37-year-old, who has been in a wheelchair since 2015, was told when he landed in Sweden that the lift that would allow him to be taken off the plane in his wheelchair would take at least an hour to arrive.

Keogh, who went to Sweden to visit his daughter for her 14th birthday, said he decided to crawl off the plane because he was in pain and didn’t want to have to wait until midnight to leave. 

‘I feel terrible about it. How could this happen in 2023? I felt so humiliated being told that I had to wait at least an hour,’ Keogh told MailOnline.

Adrian Keogh, from Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland, said he had to drag himself down the metal steps of the Ryanair flight when it landed at Landvetter airport in Sweden on Saturday night at 11pm

Adrian Keogh, from Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland, said he had to drag himself down the metal steps of the Ryanair flight when it landed at Landvetter airport in Sweden on Saturday night at 11pm

'I feel terrible about it. How could this happen in 2023? I felt so humiliated being told that I had to wait at least an hour,' Keogh (pictured) told MailOnline

‘I feel terrible about it. How could this happen in 2023? I felt so humiliated being told that I had to wait at least an hour,’ Keogh (pictured) told MailOnline

Have you had a similar experience on a flight?

Please contact rachael.bunyan@mailonline.co.uk 

‘And then having to crawl along the floor in front of some people who were watching me. It was humiliating. I just can’t believe something like this happened.’

He slammed Ryanair and the airport for not providing him with the special assistance he had paid for. 

‘It’s shocking that the service is not there for me. It’s a total lack of respect,’ Keogh said, adding that he has been stuck on planes before because of a lack of assistance.

‘It was unacceptable to expect me to crawl down the steep metal stairs,’ he said. 

‘I am not looking for anything, only the service I paid for and to be able to travel with dignity.’

‘I want to highlight the struggle wheelchair bound people have to deal with,’ Keogh added. 

‘People don’t realise what things are like when you’re in a wheelchair.

He added that the authorities at Landvetter airport blamed Ryanair and Ryanair blamed the airport. 

Speaking about what needs to be done, Keogh said: ‘Both the airline and airport must be more responsible for their actions, instead of blaming each other, they need to work together.

‘No one should have to go through what I have been through.’

Landvetter Airport apologised for the incident in a social media post and blamed busy flight traffic and a medical emergency for the delay in assisting Keogh off the plane. 

Ryanair said it was looking into the incident, adding that special assistance at the airport was provided by a third-party.

Keogh, who has a spinal injury after a construction accident, said all he wanted to do was 'travel with dignity' but instead was subject to a 'humiliating' experience with cabin crew watching him struggle down the steps

Keogh, who has a spinal injury after a construction accident, said all he wanted to do was ‘travel with dignity’ but instead was subject to a ‘humiliating’ experience with cabin crew watching him struggle down the steps

James Taylor, Director of Strategy at disability equality charity Scope, told MailOnline: ‘Disabled people have long been let down in airports in the UK and now we have this appalling situation in Sweden.

‘For a long time we’ve been concerned about disabled people being failed by airlines and airports. 

‘This has been going on too long. The impact is often degrading, stressful and anxiety-inducing and stops some disabled people from travelling altogether.

‘It’s time that airlines and airports are fined for putting disabled passengers in peril.’



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