Safety first.
Reeve Richard Kidd said the people who use the Beckwith Township complex should now feel safer. “It is a great thing to have in our facility. We have people coming through who play rugby, football and lacrosse,” he said.
Erin Fitzgerald
The Beckwith Recreation Complex became the proud owner of a
defibrillator on Monday night.
Reeve Richard Kidd said the people who use the complex
should now feel safer.
“It is a great thing to have in our facility. We have people
coming through who play rugby, football and lacrosse,” he said.
“It is something that’s very much appreciated and needed for
the facility.”
Twelve defibrillators are being spread across Lanark County
after county council applied for a grant for the devices.
Heart and Stroke Community Mission Specialist Beth Collins
said defibrillators are now as necessary in public spaces as fire
extinguishers.
The defibrillators come to Lanark County though the Heart
and Stroke’s Restart a Heart, a Life Program and the Chase McEachern Tribute
Fund. This campaign was established to help improve the survival rate after
sudden cardiac arrest in Ontario.
So far, 19 lives have been saved across the province.