<p>A 19-year-old cadet at the National Defence Academy (NDA) here passed away Saturday morning after suffering a massive heart attack during training a day ago, official sources said. <br /><br /></p>.<p>K. Vignesh, hailing from Chennai, was a third term cadet at the NDA. He suffered a cardiac arrest while on a training run Friday evening.<br /><br />He was immediately helped by fellow cadets and conducting officers who rushed him to the military hospital where he was taken under the care of specialist medicos.<br /><br />Later in the night, he was shifted to the hospital’s cardio-thoracic centre, where cardiologists and a team of experts attended to him.<br /><br />However, he could not be revived. His distraught parents were informed and they reached Pune Saturday, the sources said.<br /><br />This is the second incident of its kind at the NDA in the past three-and-half years.<br /><br />On July 2, 2009, a 19-year-old cadet, Nitesh Gaur of Bhopal, fell down and died while taking part in a 14-km long cross-country run as part of the training course.</p>
<p>A 19-year-old cadet at the National Defence Academy (NDA) here passed away Saturday morning after suffering a massive heart attack during training a day ago, official sources said. <br /><br /></p>.<p>K. Vignesh, hailing from Chennai, was a third term cadet at the NDA. He suffered a cardiac arrest while on a training run Friday evening.<br /><br />He was immediately helped by fellow cadets and conducting officers who rushed him to the military hospital where he was taken under the care of specialist medicos.<br /><br />Later in the night, he was shifted to the hospital’s cardio-thoracic centre, where cardiologists and a team of experts attended to him.<br /><br />However, he could not be revived. His distraught parents were informed and they reached Pune Saturday, the sources said.<br /><br />This is the second incident of its kind at the NDA in the past three-and-half years.<br /><br />On July 2, 2009, a 19-year-old cadet, Nitesh Gaur of Bhopal, fell down and died while taking part in a 14-km long cross-country run as part of the training course.</p>