Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech claims his head inury gave Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba chance of survival
Petr Cech says that Fabrice Muamba received such swift and expert attention at White Hart Lane on Saturday because of measures taken by the authorities following his own injury sustained playing for Chelsea at Reading.
After suffering a fractured skull at the Madejski Stadium in 2006, Cech had to wait 30 minutes for an ambulance.
Since then, the Premier League have brought in rules that see an ambulance at grounds for sole use of players and officials while the club doctor must be on the bench.
Paramedics must also be available and details of the nearest hospital made known to the visiting team.
“It’s good now that after what happened with me at Reading that people got the medical facilities and rules really improved,’’ said Cech.
“You saw me crawling off the pitch and then it took so much time before I was carried on the stretcher, people couldn’t get me out of the dressing-room.