Thursday, June 4, 2009

'Heart machines' set for Subway (Scotland)

'Heart machines' set for Subway (Scotland)"Potentially life-saving defibrillators are to be installed at six key Subway stations in Glasgow. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport said staff would be trained to use the equipment which can restart a person's heart when they suffer cardiac arrest. It is part of a wider campaign by the British Heart Foundation to provide 100 defibrillators at 100 locations across the city. The charity hopes to raise £100,000 to purchase the equipment. Ron Culley, chief executive of SPT, said: "Unfortunately statistics still show that a high number of people living in and around Glasgow are struck down by heart attack" - BBC

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