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daughter Laura, and Jerry O’Leary, Galway Salthill Rotary.
Galway Salthill Rotary Club recently presented a cheque to Neil Johnson,
CEO of Croí, in memory of their longstanding member, the late Benny
O’Connor.
The donation has added a fourth automated external defibrillator (AED) to
Salthill and is centrally located beside Salthill car park on the wall of
the toilet block facing the sea.
Croí would like to take this opportunity to thank the O’Connor family and
Galway Salthill Rotary Club for their generosity and support, as well as
Galway City Council for facilitating the location of this lifesaving
medical equipment.
An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is used to help those
experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.
It is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, medical device that can analyse
the heart’s rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or
defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm.
Pat Hobbert, President of Galway Salthill Rotary, said the club’s Kick the
Wall collection box embedded in the wall at Blackrock has been a
considerable success.
“For the last eleven years it has enabled the club to support local
charities through the generosity of the Galway public, the defibrillator
being an example.”