The death of the attacker of Egnatia, Raphael Dwamena , on the green field of the Rrogozhina stadium at noon on November 9 highlighted the great deficiencies in sports medicine and not only.
Braçe accuses the federations of not investing in sports medicine that saves the lives of athletes, as their eyes are blinded by the profits after receiving awards and requests the intervention of the Ministry of Education and Sports .
"You must do this thing. I no longer believe in sports federations. I don't believe for one big reason. What happened is being used to blame the person who died and not to take responsibility for the misfortune. If the UEFA rules had been adapted, that boy should not have died, he should have been alive. We had to save that boy. We need rules that protect the life of every athlete. If the federations are interested in what is the prize, the championship title and so on, we must educate them both in the social aspect and in the aspect that protects life. We cannot say today that he died as an idealist because he loved football. There is no greater love than the love of life. The others fall down. You must impose it on him. Not only the protocol but also the rules that should be adapted there" said deputy Braçe in the hearing session with the Minister of Education and Sports Ogerta Manastirliu about the 2024 budget.
Braçe even proposes to make it mandatory to have the defibrillator equipment that every team doctor should have.
If the sports clubs that we are talking about today, do not prioritize health at all, they take it for granted that we must force, or in the end pay for, that defibrillator that every team doctor should have, whether for children, youth or teams of football.
The establishment of a medical protocol is also required.
We definitely need a medical protocol for sports. We don't need much to invent. Let's go to the neighboring country and adapt their protocol, From children who play sports to the first teams of sports clubs to make sports healthy, not drama. This event must not happen to us again. Apply the protocol. No child should touch football, basketball, volleyball without undergoing a medical check and then sports clubs."