injuryupdate
08-12-2004, 07:32 AM
I know that doctors can be awarded penalties against them for obstructing play on the field, but this looks a little extreme. An alleged misdiagnosis has resulted in the club being slapped with a salary-cap rort size deduction of points, and the doctor has been suspended. I wonder what he did wrong? If he kept topping the player up with EPO, surely he should face criminal charges, but if it was just failing to adequately resus, then the call looks a bit harsh.
Death costs club 24 points
From correspondents in Rio de Janeiro
December 8, 2004
BRAZILIAN club Sao Caetano had 24 points deducted today after defender Serginho collapsed on the field and died during a match with Sao Paulo in October.
Brazil's Sports Disciplinary Tribunal also banned the club doctor Paulo Forte for 1440 days and club president Nairo Ferreira for 720 days.
The four-man tribunal reached its verdict after an eight-hour hearing. The club's lawyer said they will appeal.
Police have launched a separate inquiry to determine whether the club knew that Serginho, whose full name was Paulo Sergio de Oliveira Lima, risked collapse.
The club have denied the allegations, saying that routine examinations at the start of the year showed the player had arrhythmia - irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat - but that further tests did not show any reason why he could not play.
The 30-year-old, who had been at the club since 1999, collapsed after suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest in the 59th minute of the Brazilian championship match at the Morumbi stadium and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital.
The game was suspended with the score at 0-0.
The remaining 31 minutes were played one week later when Sao Paulo won 4-2.
Sao Caetano are fourth in the Brazilian championship with 77 points from 44 games and two left to play.
The penalty will send them to 14th and will cost them a place in next year's South American Libertadores Cup
Reuters
Death costs club 24 points
From correspondents in Rio de Janeiro
December 8, 2004
BRAZILIAN club Sao Caetano had 24 points deducted today after defender Serginho collapsed on the field and died during a match with Sao Paulo in October.
Brazil's Sports Disciplinary Tribunal also banned the club doctor Paulo Forte for 1440 days and club president Nairo Ferreira for 720 days.
The four-man tribunal reached its verdict after an eight-hour hearing. The club's lawyer said they will appeal.
Police have launched a separate inquiry to determine whether the club knew that Serginho, whose full name was Paulo Sergio de Oliveira Lima, risked collapse.
The club have denied the allegations, saying that routine examinations at the start of the year showed the player had arrhythmia - irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat - but that further tests did not show any reason why he could not play.
The 30-year-old, who had been at the club since 1999, collapsed after suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest in the 59th minute of the Brazilian championship match at the Morumbi stadium and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital.
The game was suspended with the score at 0-0.
The remaining 31 minutes were played one week later when Sao Paulo won 4-2.
Sao Caetano are fourth in the Brazilian championship with 77 points from 44 games and two left to play.
The penalty will send them to 14th and will cost them a place in next year's South American Libertadores Cup
Reuters