CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS LACK OF CITY DEFIBRILLATORS

Date Published: 06-Apr-2012

A major campaign to have difibrillators at 9 minute intervals in businesses across the city is underway.

Several businesses in the city and Salthill already have the life saving equipment on site, but the push is on to install many more.

Using a defibrillator within minutes of cardiac arrest may restore a normal heart rhythm.

City Councillor and businessman Neil McNeilis is one of the people behind the campaign, which will involve fundraising to pay for the equipment.

He says there's a serious need to address the lack of defibrillators in the city centre.