Concussion

Today, I would like to tell you about the latest film that I have been watched recently. This is the American movie “Concussion”, this film is based on the true story. This film presents the doctor, the pathologist Bennet Omalu who is from Nigeria and he lives in the USA. When he was a child, he wanted to be an American citizen. At the same time, Mike Webster, an American football player, who was in very bad conditions, he was devastated, sad, frustrated, he was destroying himself etc. One day, he died.  Bennet Omalu conducted the autopsy of Mike Webster, and he was very surprised why young men died and why his body was very devastated? Omalu decided to conserve his brain and examine more. But his work place didn’t have enough money to do it and Omalu paid all his own saved money.

But, the similar cases appeared, next professionals American football players who were young, went crazy, they couldn’t sleep, they were very aggressive and finally they committed suicide.  Omalu found a new disease typical of the boxers and of professional American football players. He called it chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It is a disease caused by head injuries during matches and one can diagnoses it after death. Even helmet doesn’t protect the brain in 100%. Omalu wanted to disclose it, but he and his wife were in danger, because the National Football League wanted withhold it, because as far as the large sum of money is concerned. But finally everything ended well, Omalu became an Amercinan citizen and the National Football League admitted that Omalu was right.