Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Vandals damage Ferry life-saving defibrillator
and leave the defibrillator alone because they know it is important.
“What the vandals have done is broken the front face and in doing so have disconnected the handle so it doesn’t open up anymore.
“The defibrillator is still there in the box, but no one can access it now. It is so disappointing.”
The damage has been reported to the Scottish Ambulance Service and to Community Heartbeat Trust to try to get the repairs sorted.
Graham continued: “Castle Green is usually a busy place with lots of people around and there is less chance of it happening, but it still did.
“It is just disappointing some wee ‘nyaff’ had to wreck it for everyone else.”
Councillor Craig Duncan, who represents the Ferry at Dundee City Council, was the first to discover the damaged defibrillator and reported it to the rotary club.
He said: “The equipment is still there, but the door is bent in such a way it can’t open. It is disgraceful.
“You don’t need to be a genius to realise it is a potentially life-saving piece of equipment.
“The littering and foul language during the recent weather is one thing, but deliberately damaging lifesaving equipment takes things to another level.
“Hopefully someone has seen something or someone’s conscience is bothering them and they can tell the police.
“This defibrillator can make all the difference to someone.
“I just can’t understand why you would want to do that, there is nothing to gain out of it.”