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He was described as 'effectively dead' for 78 minutes.

The paradox is that although it was a dreadful thing to happen to anybody, it could hardly have happened in a better PLACE. To give anybody a remote hope of survival from this sort of arrest, it needs the right treatment to be given immediately. Muamba had trained medical personnel, defibrilators and an ambulance within 100yds, who were able to give him the correct treatment within seconds. A Premiership football pitch with 30,000 spectators might be a bit public, but all the equipment and facilities were there on hand at the critical moment.

Other than the reception area of a hospital, there's nowhere better equipped for the job.

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