Rad Hamed - Mark Bowman & Rebecca Drew, Fieldfisher
18/04/15. In August 2006 at the age of 17, Radwan was playing his first game for Tottenham Hotspur's youth team when he suffered a devastating heart attack six minutes into the game. Radwan's career was tragically brought to an abrupt end as he suffered catastrophic brain damage as a result of oxygen starvation.
At 23 years old, Radwan is unable to live independently and his life is a far cry from what it could have been had warning signs been properly monitored by the club and their medical staff. It was alleged that Tottenham Hotspur and Consultant Cardiologist Dr Peter Mills, failed in their duty of care to Radwan by missing warning signs that he had a condition linked to an increased risk of cardiac arrest among young sportsmen, an allegation they were recently found liable of. The condition Radwan suffered from is known as 'hypertrophic cardiomyopathy'.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a genetic condition caused by a change or mutation in one or more of a person's genes. It is an inherited disease of the heart muscles where the muscle wall of the heart becomes thickened. While how thick and how much of the muscle is affected varies in individuals, the left ventricle is almost always affected. The thickening of the muscles makes it harder for the heart to pump blood out of the heart to the rest of the body. Common symptoms can be...
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