Community
13 December, 2024
Vital equipment now on order thanks to generosity of Weekly readers
SOUTH West Healthcare’s Christmas Appeal has ended far earlier than expected thanks to the generosity of a Warrnambool Weekly reader.
“When Dorothy and Jeff Cole (Cole’s Coaches) saw the story in the Weekly about the Warrnambool Base Hospital fundraising for an emergency department Assisted CPR Machine they donated the remaining money needed to end the $34,000 community fundraiser,” appeal manager Suzan Morey said.
“This is the quickest Christmas appeal I’ve ever had – usually we’re fundraising right up until Christmas Eve to reach our target so this was such a welcome surprise.”
Ms Morey thanked all the incredibly generous people who donated to this cause.
“I’d also like to thank the Warrnambool Weekly for writing the story that inspired them to give,” she said.
“We really do live in such a wonderful and caring community.”
The Assisted CPR Machine, South West Healthcare’s first, is now on order.
This sophisticated technology provides CPR in prolonged resuscitation, allowing medical staff to concentrate on other procedures vital to saving the lives of sudden cardiac-arrest patients.
A mechanical chest compression device, it will help deliver high quality and guidelines-consistent chest compressions.
