Health Minister Theresa Oswald presents Winnipeg Blue Bomber COO Jim Bell with one of the 18 defibrillators donated to the new Investors Group Field through the Manitoba Government's 1,000 free defibrillators campaign.
May 23, 2013
1,000 Free Machines Being Installed in Over 250 Communities Across Manitoba: Oswald
HEALTH MINISTER DELIVERS LIFE-SAVING HEART DEFIBRILLATORS TO NEW STADIUM
– – –1,000 Free Machines Being Installed in Over 250 Communities Across Manitoba: Oswald
Today’s presentation of 18 heart defibrillators to Investors Group Field is part of the Manitoba government’s initiative to place 1,000 life-saving defibrillators in public places to ensure crucial help for cardiac arrest victims is nearby, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.
“With thousands of families attending Blue Bomber games, concerts and using the new Investors Group field for community events, we want to ensure the stadium includes defibrillators to meet today’s standards for public safety,” said Oswald. “Cardiac arrest can strike without warning and having a heart defibrillator nearby can mean the difference between life and death.”
The Manitoba government funded the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Manitoba to provide 1,000 free automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to non-profit and community-owned public facilities, such as Investors Group Field.
“We want families to know when they attend games and events at Investors Group Field that we take their safety and well-being extremely seriously,” said Jim Bell, chief operating officer of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. “While we hope the new defibrillators are never needed, the new devices are now located throughout the new stadium in advance of our first public event this weekend."
Free defibrillators are being installed in over 250 communities across the province including schools, community halls, recreation centres, curling clubs, airports, major tourist destinations, golf courses and other sports venues. A full list of the public facilities receiving the 1,000 free AEDs, as well as information about Manitoba’s first-in-Canada defibrillator legislation, is available at www.gov.mb.ca/health/aed.
“Providing 1,000 defibrillators to high-traffic public places will help save lives when cardiac arrest strikes and we thank the Manitoba government for recognizing this as an important public safety initiative,” said Debbie Brown, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Manitoba. “In fact, one of the 1,000 free defibrillators has already helped to save a life.”
“With thousands of families attending Blue Bomber games, concerts and using the new Investors Group field for community events, we want to ensure the stadium includes defibrillators to meet today’s standards for public safety,” said Oswald. “Cardiac arrest can strike without warning and having a heart defibrillator nearby can mean the difference between life and death.”
The Manitoba government funded the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Manitoba to provide 1,000 free automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to non-profit and community-owned public facilities, such as Investors Group Field.
“We want families to know when they attend games and events at Investors Group Field that we take their safety and well-being extremely seriously,” said Jim Bell, chief operating officer of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. “While we hope the new defibrillators are never needed, the new devices are now located throughout the new stadium in advance of our first public event this weekend."
Free defibrillators are being installed in over 250 communities across the province including schools, community halls, recreation centres, curling clubs, airports, major tourist destinations, golf courses and other sports venues. A full list of the public facilities receiving the 1,000 free AEDs, as well as information about Manitoba’s first-in-Canada defibrillator legislation, is available at www.gov.mb.ca/health/aed.
“Providing 1,000 defibrillators to high-traffic public places will help save lives when cardiac arrest strikes and we thank the Manitoba government for recognizing this as an important public safety initiative,” said Debbie Brown, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Manitoba. “In fact, one of the 1,000 free defibrillators has already helped to save a life.”
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