Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin discharged from NY hospital

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been discharged from a New York hospital just over a week after he collapsed on-field during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, team officials announced Wednesday.

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Hamlin was admitted to Buffalo General Medical Center on Monday after being released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he had spent a week recovering following an on-field cardiac arrest on Jan. 2. In New York, Hamlin underwent “a comprehensive medical evaluation as well as a series of cardiac, neurological and vascular testing on Tuesday,” according to the Bills.

“We have completed a series of tests and evaluations, and in consultation with the team physicians, we are confident that Damar can be safely discharged and continue his rehabilitation at home and with the Bills,” Dr. Jamie Nadler, a critical care physician who served as the lead of Hamlin’s care team in New York, said Wednesday in a statement.

On Tuesday, Hamlin shared thanks for the staff at Buffalo General, writing in a social media post that “it’s been nothing but love since arrival!”

Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during the first quarter of the Bills-Bengals match at Paycor Stadium last Monday. He had to be resuscitated on the field before he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in critical condition.

On Monday, doctors in Cincinnati said Hamlin was entering the next stage of his recovery after he was able to get up and walk, participate in physical and occupational therapy and eat on his own.

“He still has a little bit of a ways to go in terms of his ongoing recovery,” Dr. William Knight said Monday at a news conference. “We’re thrilled to where he is today. He’s up, he’s walking around, he’s got an amazing, genuine sense of humor and his family is amazing and we’re happy he’s with them, but in terms of any kind of conjecture to his future ... that’s still significantly in the future.”

Trauma surgeon Dr. Timonty Pritts said there was “no reason to believe that (Hamlin) won’t continue his path to recovery.

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