A 14-year-old Romanian boy has suffered a breakdown after reportedly playing a computer game for nine days and nights in a row.



Michel Savin collapsed in an internet cafe and was taken to hospital where doctors said he was physically and mentally exhausted.



His mother said he had become so addicted to playing Counter Strike that he had lost weight, missed classes and stopped washing.



Magda Savin, from Iasi, says she intends to ask the authorities to ban youngsters from internet cafes after 10pm.
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