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Premier League set to review medical procedures
THE PREMIER LEAGUE will conduct a review into their medical procedures in the wake of Fabrice Muamba’s cardiac arrest.
Bolton midfielder Muamba collapsed during his side’s FA Cup quarter-final with Spurs at White Hart Lane on Saturday, and the 23-year-old received treatment from medical staff on the pitch before being transferred to The London Chest Hospital.
The league’s present medical protocols stem from the serious head injury suffered by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, who fractured his skull in an October 2006 match with Reading at Madejski Stadium.
Then-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho hit out at the procedures in place, claiming it took too long for Cech to be transported to hospital.
The Premier League’s chief executive Richard Scudamore praised the medical staff on hand at White Hart Lane on Saturday, and revealed the incident would prompt another exhaustive review of the measures in place.
“There are no guarantees but we will do whatever we can to improve.”
Scudamore said the last few days had been a traumatic period, but was confident Muamba had been given the best possible chance of survival by the attention he received.
“In some ways, his life, if it is saved – and let’s hope it has been saved – is as a result of the things a lot of us put in place after what happened with Petr Cech.
“If you saw what happened on Saturday, the immediate attention, everybody comes out of this with huge credit, the referee, the match officials, the way the medics were there.”
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