Clinical Centre in the offing

THE Ministry of Sports and Culture through Rwanda Football Association has entered in partnership with World Football Governing body, Fufa to start a Clinical Centre for the athletes in January 2015.

Friday, December 06, 2013
Ferwafa chairman Celestin Ntagungira and Fifa's Dr Yacine Zerguini at the federation's headquarters. The New Times/Courtesy

THE Ministry of Sports and Culture through Rwanda Football Association has entered in partnership with World Football Governing body, Fufa to start a Clinical Centre for the athletes in January 2015.The FIFA medical commission chairman Dr. Yassin Zerguini from Algeria who was in Rwanda for a four-day working visit recently held talks with Rwanda Football Federation to devise means on how they can start the project of building the Clinical Centre, which will be aimed at giving full medication to injured players."Our mission is to ensure the best health and performance of the athletes through the continuous pursuit of new knowledge and application of best practices in the field of sports medicine,” the Minister of Sports and Culture Protais Mitali said.The centre will be of international standards and players will no longer go for the operations outside the country.According to Yassin Zerguini, the centre will use a unique approach to health care of athletes through the athlete trainers, team physicians, physical therapists and sport scientists among others.