Rugby. Gianmarco, after the fear, the surprise visit. President Fir Innocenti: «Go Bear»

TREVISO Fortunately, the clinical conditions of Gianmarco Lucchetta, player of the Cadetta team of Mogliano Veneto Rugby, have significantly improved. We remember that “Bear”, the nickname given by his teammates, due to the collapse of a scrum ordered during the match played at home last Saturday against Trento, had suffered a dislocation of a cervical vertebra which required an immediate operation at the Ca’ Foncello. A perfectly successful operation. The 31-year-old right prop was discharged from the hospital’s intensive care unit, and yesterday he also received a visit from Marzio Innocenti, president of the Italian Rugby Federation. The number one of Italian volleyball was also accompanied by the president of the Veneto Regional Committee, Sandro Trevisan, by that of Mogliano, Roberto Brunetta, and by the general director of the Aulss 2 Marca Trevigiana Francesco Benazzi, also a former player. «I am really happy to have been able to personally see how well both the first intervention protocol, carried out immediately on the field by the Club staff, and the extraordinary surgical intervention performed by the Ca’ Foncello micro-surgery unit worked», this is what written on the official page of the federal president, who also added, «it is thanks to the competence and preparation of people and professionals that the consequences were less serious than initially feared, and for this very reason I wanted from the bottom of my heart thank them all, because in the end what really matters is that Gianmarco can count on his full recovery, and that his loved ones will soon welcome him home as big and strong as he has always been.” The immediate intervention of the doctor assisted by the athletic trainer Fabio Semenzato, a former player with considerable experience, were fundamental for Lucchetta to be treated in the best possible way.

IMPROVING CONDITIONS

«The first thirty seconds – explains Roberto Brunetta – were fundamental in that extremely dangerous situation. This is also why Innocenti wanted to write a letter of compliments which we hung inside our club. As a company, much importance has always been given to the healthcare aspect, through the courses that have been held and the related investments in equipment. Clearly we didn’t know if we were ready for these emergencies, but now we know we are. Then the doctors at the hospital were also good and stabilized him immediately. Even if the presence of an ambulance is not mandatory for Serie B, luckily we always have one near Preganziol.” How is he now? «I saw him alert, playful, he was made to sit and even stand up, he can feel all his limbs. Let’s say things went well. Now he will have to undergo rehabilitation which will keep him away from the pitch for some time, let’s say around six months. The company will always be ready to lend him a hand. Gianmarco, being a nurse and having understood the gravity of the situation, thanks everyone who assisted him and also the teammates who were close to him in recent days.”

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