Yael Trepy Discharged from Hospital After Near-Drowning Incident
Cagliari’s young hope, Yael Trepy, is finally out of danger. After days in which his career – and his life – hung in the balance, the French forward has been discharged from hospital in Sassari and has begun the slow walk back towards normality.
What began as a summer break in Sardinia almost ended in tragedy. On 16 August, at a villa in the Baja Sardinia area near the Costa Smeralda, Trepy nearly drowned in a swimming pool. The situation was immediately critical. Only the speed of the emergency services, who airlifted him to the “Santissima Annunziata” University Hospital of Sassari, prevented the accident from becoming fatal.
Doctors moved fast too. Trepy was taken straight into intensive care and placed in a medically induced coma for 48 hours. For two days, Cagliari, his family and the wider football community waited, fearing the worst for a player whose professional journey had barely started.
Then came the first turning point. Trepy woke up and began to respond to treatment. Tests showed no major physical damage, and he was transferred from intensive care to the pulmonology ward to continue his recovery. The danger had not completely passed, but the path ahead suddenly looked clearer.
“Not a miracle, but a system that worked”
With the striker now discharged, the hospital allowed itself a moment of pride. Professor Pietro Pirina, director of the department of clinical and interventional pulmonology at Sassari University Hospital, summed up the outcome in an interview with Sky Sport.
“The patient is leaving hospital in a generally good clinical condition, after a course of treatment that showed a gradual and marked recovery,” he said.
He underlined how the medical response had unfolded step by step, backed by constant monitoring and testing.
“The tests carried out during his stay in hospital showed an improvement in his condition, which allowed us to plan his discharge from hospital with peace of mind. If some have spoken in recent days of a miracle, we prefer to speak of the work of a system that has proven its effectiveness.”
No magic, then. Just coordination, preparation and execution – from the first emergency call to the final green light to go home.
From intensive care to a new target
Trepy left the hospital with a broad smile, walking out alongside his mother after saying goodbye to the medical staff, the general director and the medical director who had followed his case so closely. For Cagliari supporters, that image alone is a victory.
The story, though, doesn’t end at the hospital doors.
The next stop is Arco, in the province of Trento, where the forward will begin a structured rehabilitation programme. There, specialists will work on his physical condition and monitor any lingering effects of the accident. Only after further detailed tests will doctors decide if he can return to competitive football and be cleared to play.
From a swimming pool in Baja Sardinia to a rehab centre in northern Italy, Trepy’s summer has been turned upside down. The immediate battle has been won. The next one, the fight to pull on a Cagliari shirt again, starts now.
