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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Schoolboy 'ballers atrisk</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
Monday, November 06, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>.FROME , Westmoreland - Again, the absence of medical personnel and an ambulance at yet another schoolboy football match gave cause for concern.
In Saturday's ISSA/ Pepsi/JN daCosta Cup match at Frome Sports Club in Westmoreland between Grange Hill and Herbert Morrison, a player was left to suffer on the sidelines with an injury that no one on the compound was qualified to handle.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Herbert Morrison Technical's Jeneil Robinson was left writhing in pain for almost an hour after he suffered an injury to his hip in the game.
The 15 year-old Robinson was tended to by Claude Grant, a member of the school's sports department, but it was obvious the youngster needed professional medical attention.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=360 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Jeneil Robinson being carried to a waiting vehicle enroute to the Sav-la-Mar General Hospital. (Photo: Paul Reid) </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>However there was no ISSA representative or medical personnel on hand and this angered, not only the Herbert Morrison aggregation, but the players, coaching staff and spectators of Grange Hill.
An ambulance belonging to the Frome Sugar Factory, which is directly across the street from the grounds, eventually showed up.
The Herbert Morrison staff decided however it was inadequate and used one of their vehicles to transport Robinson to the nearby Sav-la-Mar General Hospital.<P class=StoryText align=justify>It was discovered that Robinson had suffered a dislocated hip and would need minor surgery. He was then transferred to Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay where he resides.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Saturday's incident was not the first time that the absence of medical personnel at a daCosta Cup game caused problems. Earlier this season during a Ben Francis Knockout quarter-final game between Frome Technical High and Munro College at St Elizabeth T echnical in Santa Cruz, Frome's Kevon Wynter sustained a broken leg.
Luckily, well-known medical practitioner Dr Paul A uden was at the game and offered assistance before a private car was used to take the player to a nearby hospital.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Earlier this year ISSA's competition's co-ordinator George Forbes told the Jamaica Observer that ISSA had taken steps to ensure that all games, especially those in the Inter-Zone round and onwards, were properly staffed by medical personnel.<P class=StoryText align=justify>He said while it was improbable to expect an ambulance at every game, Forbes said ISSA had instructed their regional representatives to get doctors to attend matches.<P class=StoryText align=justify>
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
Monday, November 06, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>.FROME , Westmoreland - Again, the absence of medical personnel and an ambulance at yet another schoolboy football match gave cause for concern.
In Saturday's ISSA/ Pepsi/JN daCosta Cup match at Frome Sports Club in Westmoreland between Grange Hill and Herbert Morrison, a player was left to suffer on the sidelines with an injury that no one on the compound was qualified to handle.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Herbert Morrison Technical's Jeneil Robinson was left writhing in pain for almost an hour after he suffered an injury to his hip in the game.
The 15 year-old Robinson was tended to by Claude Grant, a member of the school's sports department, but it was obvious the youngster needed professional medical attention.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=360 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Jeneil Robinson being carried to a waiting vehicle enroute to the Sav-la-Mar General Hospital. (Photo: Paul Reid) </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>However there was no ISSA representative or medical personnel on hand and this angered, not only the Herbert Morrison aggregation, but the players, coaching staff and spectators of Grange Hill. An ambulance belonging to the Frome Sugar Factory, which is directly across the street from the grounds, eventually showed up.
The Herbert Morrison staff decided however it was inadequate and used one of their vehicles to transport Robinson to the nearby Sav-la-Mar General Hospital.<P class=StoryText align=justify>It was discovered that Robinson had suffered a dislocated hip and would need minor surgery. He was then transferred to Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay where he resides.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Saturday's incident was not the first time that the absence of medical personnel at a daCosta Cup game caused problems. Earlier this season during a Ben Francis Knockout quarter-final game between Frome Technical High and Munro College at St Elizabeth T echnical in Santa Cruz, Frome's Kevon Wynter sustained a broken leg.
Luckily, well-known medical practitioner Dr Paul A uden was at the game and offered assistance before a private car was used to take the player to a nearby hospital.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Earlier this year ISSA's competition's co-ordinator George Forbes told the Jamaica Observer that ISSA had taken steps to ensure that all games, especially those in the Inter-Zone round and onwards, were properly staffed by medical personnel.<P class=StoryText align=justify>He said while it was improbable to expect an ambulance at every game, Forbes said ISSA had instructed their regional representatives to get doctors to attend matches.<P class=StoryText align=justify>