A bodybuilder is in an induced coma after collapsing in the shower of a 24-hour gym and remaining undetected for 15 hours.
Guiliano Pirone was training for a bodybuilding competition when he fell unconscious in the shower of a Perth gym on August 20.
He had gone to the gym before work and was not discovered until later that night when police stormed in and found him on the floor of a cold shower.
Speaking to ABC Perth, Pirone’s mother Daniella said her son was now in an induced coma in the intensive care unit at Joondalup Hospital in Perth’s north.
Ms. Pirone said her son stopped at the gym on his way to work and when he did not return home or return calls later that day, she began to panic.
The family tried to contact Mr. Pirone’s friends, his ex-wife and people he spoke to on a daily basis, but no one had heard from him.
“It was very unusual, completely out of the ordinary,” Pirone said.
His mother reported him missing to the police, who managed to locate his phone and tracked him down at the gym.
Giuliano Pirone (pictured) collapsed in the shower of a 24-hour gym after training
Police were able to track Mr Pirone’s phone when his mother reported her son missing to them.
“The police had to break in and found him in the shower (with the cold water running), bent over on the floor and collapsed,” she said.
“They thought he was dead.”
Ms Pirone said police officers performed CPR and her son quickly regained consciousness before being taken to hospital by ambulance.
“The officer who was in charge of everything came and picked me and my husband up and took us straight to the hospital, and that’s where I’ve been ever since,” she said.
Ms. Pirone said the shower at the gym where her son was found was a stall with a locked door.
“He was there and they had to break down the door to get him out,” he said.
‘He texted a friend at 7.03am and they didn’t find him until about 10.30pm, I got to the hospital about 12pm
‘He texted a friend at 7.03am and they didn’t find him until about 10.30pm, I got to the hospital about 12pm
Mr Pirone is in an induced coma at Joondalup Hospital in Perth, six days after collapsing.
Pirone’s mother said 24-hour gyms are dangerous and called for a registration system
“I was alone, my beautiful son was alone on that sloping floor, he collapsed (and hit his head), for about 15 hours and nobody noticed anything. I am stunned.”
Ms Pirone said unstaffed 24-hour gyms were a danger and more needed to be done to monitor customers using the facilities.
She said her son had arrived at 4.55am and his car was parked by the front door but no one noticed anything.
“There should be a check-in system, so that after two or three hours, if someone has not left, the staff will look for that person,” he said.
“He wouldn’t be in an induced coma now if someone had seen him in two or four hours,” he said.
“If it weren’t for the kindness of these police officers in tapping his phone, I wouldn’t still be holding my son’s warm hands.”
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