Eva Carneiro-Chelsea row prompts plans for new FIFA medical code

FIFA's medical committee chairman has set up a sub-committee to draw up a new code of ethics for managers and team doctors.

In a FIFA meeting in Zurich on Friday, Michel D'Hooghe discussed the idea of formalising their position on the treatment of players following an incident between Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho and team doctor Eva Carneiro earlier this season.

Mourinho's treatment of Carneiro, including an ongoing ban from the bench for treating forward Eden Hazard late on in the 2-2 draw with Swansea, forcing his team down to nine players, has been criticised across the sport's medical profession.

And D'Hooghe says they will seek the guidance of managers and coaches across Europe as they draw up this new code.

"On the one hand the team doctors have to abide by the Hippocratic Oath and intervene when a player is in medical need, but it also important to take account of the fact they work as part of a group under the coach," he said.

D'Hooghe ealier told Sky Sports News HQ: "I do not think we have the right to interfere directly in a problem of a club with one of its medical collaborators."