Muamba ‘forever in debt’ to lifesavers

Fabrice Muamba admits he will “forever be in debt” to the doctors who saved his life after he was released from hospital yesterday, 30 days after being admitted following his horrifying cardiac arrest.

Muamba was rushed to the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green, east London, on March 17 after collapsing on the pitch during Bolton’s FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

Doctors revealed afterwards that the 24-year-old’s heart had stopped beating for 78 minutes, but he was eventually stabilised and went on to make a recovery which some described as “miraculous”.