A public access defibrillator will be installed at the Maryborough Community Centre here.
The device, donated by the Guelph Wellington Paramedic Service Bike for Heart team was presented at the organization’s Sept. 16 awards dinner in Guelph.
Joe Draper, a supervisor with Guelph Wellington EMS, attended the Sept. 14 meeting to advise Mapleton council of the donation.
“Although we hope the device never has to be used, we are proud to be able to present this municipality with another device,” said Draper, who noted having a public access defibrillator available increases the survival rate for heart attack sufferers by 76 per cent.
“I’d just like to say I think this is pretty exciting. I think the more of these units we can get, especially in Mapeltin, the better,” said councillor Michael Martin.
“I think it’s especially important in rural Ontario, especially in Mapleton, a community that doesn’t have an ambulance in service 24 hours. Who knows, maybe someday down the road we’ll get 24-hour ambulance service here in town as well.”
