There’s no greater gift than the gift of life and that’s exactly what The Wight Strollers gave again this Christmas when they donated another 2 Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Ambulance Community Defibrillator scheme.
Thanks to proceeds from their performances, The Wight Strollers have now donated a total of 9 PADs to the scheme; the latest additions were funded from their last musical, Priscilla.
It is known that the defibrillators have already saved lives on the Isle of Wight.
The latest defibrillators have been placed at The Sportsman’s Rest in Porchfield and The Sun Inn at Hulverstone. Both defibrillators will be accessible 24 hours a day via an access code, which is obtained when calling 999. The locations have been chosen as no other defibrillators are located nearby.
As a small token of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s huge appreciation of the Strollers’ donations, the Amateur Theatre group were recently presented with an ‘Award of Commendation’ by the Trust’s Director of Nursing, Dr Barbara Stuttle CBE and the Head of the Ambulance Service, Victoria White.
