Eva Carneiro: Chelsea team doctor 'has been treated harshly'Colleagues of Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro say she "has been treated harshly" after criticism from boss Jose Mourinho for being "naive".Carneiro, 41, treated injured Eden Hazard in the final minutes of Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Swansea.
It meant the player had to go off the pitch, leaving Chelsea with nine men following Thibaut Courtois's red card.Carneiro looks set to lose her place on the bench for the next Premier League match against Manchester City.However, former City physio Eamonn Salmon, now chief executive of the Football Medical Association (FMA) which represents professional medical staff in the sport, backed Carneiro and first-team physio Jon Fearn's actions.
"On reflection, the majority of people would consider that the medical staff did nothing wrong," Salmon told BBC Radio 5 live.
"They conducted themselves with integrity and professionalism - that is their job. I don't see they have committed any ill-doing or done anything wrong.
"We feel that she has been treated harshly. The decision after the event is an internal matter for the club to decide on restructuring.
"Nobody can say for sure if there are any other issues to be considered in the bigger picture."
Carneiro will no longer attend matches or training sessions but will continue to work with first-team players at Chelsea's Cobham training ground, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Premier League Doctors Group added that removing Carneiro from the team bench would be "unjust in the extreme".
The group, drawn from top-flight clubs, said she had "universal and total support" from her medical colleagues.
It added: "A refusal to run onto the pitch would have breached the duty of care required of the medical team to their patient.
"The precedent set by this incident demonstrates that the medical care of players appears to be secondary to the result of the game."
The Professional Footballers' Association added: "The player and the referee are the initial judges as to whether treatment is required and the matter is then the responsibility of the highly qualified and trained medical staff."
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