Fabrice Muamba on the mend but 'in effect, he was dead' says doctor | Football | guardian.co.uk
Fabrice Muamba on the mend but 'in effect, he was dead' says doctor | Football | guardian.co.uk Fabrice Muamba on the mend but 'in effect, he was dead' says doctor • Bolton doctor says 'early signs of recovery have continued' • Midfielder's heart needed 15 shocks to start beating again T he Bolton doctor tried unsuccessfully to revive Fabrice Muamba for 48 minutes before he arrived at the London Chest Hospital. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA After the news that Bolton Wanderers' game against Blackburn this Saturday would go ahead , there was the good news that Bolton's doctor Jonathan Tobin confirmed Fabrice Muamba had been able to recount the events at White Hart Lane last Saturday. "I'm glad to say that the early signs of recovery have continued. I went to see Fabrice last night. I went in and he said: 'Hi, doc.' I asked him how he was and he said: 'Fine.' Tobin said the player had asked him what had happe...