The grieving son of a football manager who died aged just 49 after a cardiac arrest in a gym has shared his anger that there was no defibrillator there to save him.
After one of the devices saved Danish footballer Christian Eriksen at a Euros match last weekend, Charlie Edinburgh blasted: “How many more cases like this are going to happen before they [the Government] stand up and take notice?”
Leyton Orient manager and former Tottenham Hotspur player Justin Edinburgh died in hospital less than a week after he suffered the heart incident while he was working out.
There was no defibrillator in the gym and he waited six minutes for one to arrive from a nearby shopping centre.
Charlie founded the Justin Edinburgh 3 Foundation to campaign for a “Justin’s Law” making defibrillators mandatory in all sports venues.
He now backs the Mirror’s calls to make the kit compulsory in schools and public buildings.
This story is from the June 21, 2021 edition of Daily Mirror.
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