Former Indian football team goalkeeper Prasanta Dora passed away at the age of 44 on Tuesday. He was diagnosed with a rare disease called Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in December last year after he developed an unremitting fever.
Prasanta Dora left 12-year old son Adi and wife Soumi. His elder brother said “His platelet count reduced drastically and doctors took a long time to diagnose the disease. He was later treated at the Tata Medical (a cancer care centre in the New Town). We were giving him blood regularly but he could not survive and died at 1.40 pm today.”