A bodybuilder, Guiliano Pirone, is currently in a medically induced coma after he was found unconscious in a gym shower in Perth, Australia. The incident occurred on August 20, when Pirone was preparing for a bodybuilding competition. He had visited the gym before heading to work, but was not discovered until later that night when police found him collapsed on the floor of a cold running shower.
Pirone’s mother, Daniella, spoke to ABC Perth about the incident. She revealed that her son is now in the intensive care unit at Joondalup Hospital in Perth’s north. Daniella became worried when her son failed to return home or answer his phone later that day. The family attempted to reach out to Pirone’s friends, ex-wife, and other acquaintances, but no one had heard from him.
Describing the situation as “very unusual” and “completely out of character,” Daniella reported her son missing to the police. The authorities were able to locate him at the gym using his phone’s GPS. Daniella recounted the moment police found her son, saying, “They had to barge in, they found him in the shower with the cold water running, he was slanted on the floor collapsed. They thought he was dead.”
Police officers performed CPR on Pirone, who regained consciousness before being rushed to the hospital. Daniella and her husband were taken to the hospital by the officer in charge of the case, where they have remained since. Daniella revealed that the gym shower where her son was found had a locked door, which had to be broken down to reach him.
Daniella expressed her shock and distress at the situation, saying, “He messaged a friend at 7:03am and wasn’t found until about 10:30pm. He was alone, my beautiful son was alone on that floor slanted, collapsed, and had smashed his head, for about 15 hours and no one noticed anything. I am just dumbfounded.”
She also raised concerns about the safety of 24-hour unmanned gyms, suggesting that more needs to be done to ensure the wellbeing of patrons. She noted that her son had checked in at 4:55am and his car was parked by the front door, yet no one noticed anything amiss. Daniella proposed a check-in system where staff would look for a person if they have not checked out after a certain period. She believes that her son would not be in a coma if someone had found him within a few hours of his collapse.