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Muamba 'critically ill'

Midfielder in intensive care after collapsing at White Hart Lane

Last Updated: March 17, 2012 9:53pm

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Bolton have announced that Fabrice Muamba is 'in a critically ill condition in intensive care' after collapsing at White Hart Lane on Saturday.

The 23-year-old collapsed to the turf during the Trotters' FA Cup quarter-final contest with Tottenham.

Medical staff spent 10 minutes tending to Muamba on the field as they attempted to resuscitate him.

He was stretchered off and rushed to hospital, with the game abandoned after 41 minutes.

Muamba, a former England U21 international, was taken to the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green - just nine miles from White Hart Lane.

Players, coaching staff, match officials and supporters were visibly shaken by the events, with concern expressed from all corners of the sporting community.

Bolton have confirmed that Muamba suffered a heart attackon the field of play and is currently being cared for by specialists.

"Bolton Wanderers can confirm that Fabrice Muamba has been admitted to the heart attack centre at London Chest hospital where he is currently in a critically ill condition in intensive care," read a statement on the club's official website.

"No further information will be issued at this stage. The club has requested the media to respect his family's privacy at this time."

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Just shows you how fickle life is when a man in tip top physical shape, 23 years of age who has probably had many stringent medicals to ascertain his level of fitness, can just fall over with near death the result, good luck son and hope you pull through, big up for the medical staff around WHL today.

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Will he be able to recover enough to carry on playing I know at the moment it's the last thing on peoples mind but if he survives this what state will he be in I remember doing some first aid course years ago and it said a heart attack stops your lungs from pumping which stops air reaching your brain which leads to brain damage eventually if you survive does that mean he wasn't getting any oxygen at all until his heart was restarted or do oxygen masks and the chest compressions mimic the actions of the heart keeping his brain supplied with oxygen and preventing brain damage? that old Celtic player had a heart attack Evander Snow and he is still playing soI hope that's what happens with Muamba.

good luck to him and his family

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I would imagine he will be told not to play again. Don't know if you have had a heart attack if it makes you more prone to have another one, or if it weakens the heart in any way? Just hope he pulls through and sees his son grow up

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