Defibrillator now available in emergencies thanks to efforts of Wigan community
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Members of a Wigan community have pulled together to secure a potentially life-saving device.
Residents and visitors to Spring View now have emergency access to a defibrillator via 999, which can be used to restart the heart of someone having a cardiac arrest.
Abram ward councillors Martyn Smethurst, Nazia Rehman and Eunice Smethurst worked with local residents, business owner Paul Aaron from Go-Local Spring View, and Spring View Cricket Club to secure the device.
The councillors used funding from their Brighter Borough annual grant for the project.