Yes, of course. But I am querying how it improves the poorly spectator's chances if the game is stopped while the club doctor is away from his seat in the stand.
I'm sure it wasn't a rare occurrence. Given that on a full weekend fixture list there are about 750,000 people attend league football in England, and given that about 1 person in 2,5m has a heart attack in any two week period, we would expect a match to be stopped about once every three or four...