Appeal for rural heart-start machines reaches £50,000
HEART START MACHINES: Allison Nelson and Gillian Hutchinson A FUNDRAISING appeal started by an upper dale woman in memory of her father has reached £50,000 and helped install 20 lifesaving machines in rural areas. Gillian Hutchinson, who farms near Middleton-in-Teesdale, started the fundraising campaign to buy defibrillators after her dad, David Nelson, died of a heart attack in January 2015. At the time there were no defibrillators where he lived in Weardale. Mrs Hutchinson said: “He took ill just after Christmas and he thought it was just indigestion.” An ambulance was called when ...
Source: teesdalemercury.co.uk