CAF donates medical equipment to Ghana Footballl Association
Posted On Tuesday, 11th December 2012
The Confederation of African Football has donated medical equipment meant for the detection of possible cardiac arrest in players to the Ghana Football Association.
The medical kit includes an electrical cardioverter shock machine with an external defibrillator (AED) which is able to reverse sudden cardiac arrest.
The equipment also includes a medical life emergency kit containing various key items considered essential for life support and other treats faced by professional athletes.
The donation from CAF also includes a complete medical emergency board, cervical colour and resuscitation kits.
The donation comes to boost the number of AEDs owned by the GFA to five as the federation had already bought four AEDs to help ease the risk of players dying after collapsing on the pitch.
GFA medical committee member Dr. Prince Pambo, who was in Yaounde for the recent CAF cardiac medical seminar says the the equipment will help boost the health of footballers in the country.
“This is a welcome addition to what we already have in the country. This will go a long way in saving the lives of footballers who might have serious cardiac and other health-related issues when they are playing,” Pambo said.
“We have had incidents in this country that led to the deaths of players. The intervention by CAF is timely and must encourage clubs to acquire some of these things to boost the health of their players.”
There have been incidents of players collapsing on the pitch.
Last month 24-year-old Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba was left fighting for his life after collapsing during the first half of FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham this year.
He survived after paramedics were able to offer him first aid using sophisticated medical equipment right on the pitch.
Related Images
READERS COMMENTS
Live Radio
Live TV
Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player.
RELATED NEWS
LATEST HEADLINES
Ghanaian midfielder Awako scores in TP Mazembe heavy win
Former Ghana U20 midfielder Gladson Awako scored the opening goal for TP Mazembe who demolished DC Virunga 6-0 in the Congolese Super Ligue on Wednesday.
Sunderland to prepare new bid for Alfred Duncan
English Premier League side Sunderland are preparing to make a new bid to sign Ghana U20 midfielder Alfred Duncan.
Kwadwo Asamoah is delighted to be fully owned by Juventus
Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah is delighted with his absolute capture as a fully-owned Juventus player.
Italian giants Juventus complete full capture of Ghana star Kwadwo Asamoah
Italian giants Juventus have completed the outright purchase of Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah from rivals Udinese.
Michael Essien lashes out at concerns over his patriotism, insists no retirement from Black Stars
Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has lashed out at suggestions that he is not patriotic and denied that he took a break from the Black Stars because of injuries.
Feature: Cheap-polopolo, the consistently inconsistent Zambian national team
AFTER last Saturday’s debacle at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, a colleague, with tongue in cheek, asked if all the players the Sudanese used in holding Zambia to a 1-1 draw were eligible.LATEST HEADLINES
Categories
- Africa
- Archives
- AshGold
- Berekum Chelsea
- Dwarfs
- English Premier League
- Forum
- France
- germany
- Ghana Players Abroad
- Ghana Prem Lge
- Hearts of Oak
- Holland
- Italy
- Juniors
- Kotoko
- Latest News
- Latest news from Ghanabusinessnews
- Latest news from Ghanaweb
- Latest news from Myjoyonline
- Latest news from Peacefmonline
- Latest Videos
- Latest World Football Videos
- Live Score
- Live Scores
- Medeama
- Multimedia
- Nations Cup
- newswire
- spain
- Transfer News & Rumours
- Transfers
- Videos
- WATCH LIVE GHANA TV
- Women
- World Cup
- World Football