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Concerns have been raised at an inquest into the death of a "fit and well" young footballer over an alleged delay in accessing a defibrillator - and claims ambulance crews could not easily get on the pitch. These worries, flagged by Samuel Akwasi's father and Samuel's coach Everton Richards, were heard as a coroner investigates the tragedy of the teenager's death in hospital after his collapse at the Forest Recreation Ground on May 7, last year.
From birth, Sam had patent ductus arteriosus - a persistent opening between the two major blood vessels leading from the heart - which is uncommon - but not unreported - and happens in eight out of 10,000 births. The inquest heard it was "not significant". Mr Akwasi said the ambulance crews could not easily get to the pitch, and these delays have caused them to wonder if 13-year-old Sam could have been saved. One defibrillator was in a cafe - but at a different side to the pavilion - and the second came from The Forest Sports Zone, which was two minutes there and back at a run.
"I helped to sit him up a little bit," he told Dr Didcock on Wednesday , the first of a three-day hearing at Nottingham Council House. "They came down Mansfield Road. The entrance off Mansfield Road takes you right next to the pavilion. They would have to come out and carry the stretcher. One set of stairs is quite dangerous.
"I didn't see no signs to say, 'this is the entrance for emergency services'". He said there was no signage to say there was a defibrillator in the cafe, next to the pavilion, and there was nothing on the booking form to say there was a defibrillator there, he claimed during the inquest.
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