Muamba’s doctor sacked

 The Bolton Wanderers doctor who helped save the life of footballer Fabrice Muamba has lost his job.

Club medic Jonathan Tobin dashed onto the pitch and fought to keep the player alive after he collapsed during an FA Cup game at Tottenham last year.

But now the former GP has been told his services are no longer needed at Championship club Bolton, who just missed out on a place in the play-offs on the last day of the season on Saturday.

Muamba’s heart stopped for 78 minutes and Tobin was by his side throughout.

Medical staff worked on the player for 48 minutes between his collapse and his arrival at the London Chest Hospital, where they spent another 30 minutes fighting to get his heart working on its own.

The England U-21 midfielder needed 15 defibrillator shocks to get his heart started and Tobin later revealed he feared the player would not survive.

Two of the defibrillator shocks were administered on the pitch, one in the tunnel and 12 in the ambulance en route to hospital.

Tobin said later, “It was 48 minutes from the time he collapsed to the time he reached the hospital and then it was a further 30 minutes in the hospital they were working on him without his heart having a muscular beat.”

source: punch