AFC Football Emergency Medicine and Anti-Doping Regional Course launched in Manila

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Football Emergency Medicine and Anti-Doping Regional Course launched in Manila

Manila: ASEAN delegates and medical practitioners graced the launch of The Asian Football Confederation Emergency Medicine and Anti-Doping Regional Course at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City in the Philippines on Tuesday.

The sixth edition of the regional course will run from October 31 until November 3 2017 and will touch on various topics: injury prevention strategies, sudden cardiac arrests, life threatening football medical emergencies, doping and anti-doping in football.

AFC Medical Committee Chairperson Dato’ Dr Gurcharan Singh underlined the key role the course has to play in the modern game during his opening address.

"The aim of the course is to ensure that the doctors who are charged in taking care of players, are trained in the correct administration as well as the standardised medical care as per international standards and the practice of evidence-based football medicine," said Dr Gurcharan Singh.

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