The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Motorcyclist so grateful to be able to present £1,000 to SCAA
A motorcyclist has donated £1,000 to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) to thank its crews for saving his life. James Millar had to spend 31 days in hospital after a horrific traffic collision three years ago. Mr Millar, from Dunblane, suffered two cardiac arrests at the scene of the crash in August 2015.
The SCAA helicopter team flew to his aid and got him safely to hospital, where he was treated in the high dependency unit and intensive care department.
He has now handed over a £1,000 cheque on behalf of Motorcycle Law Scotland (MLS) to show his appreciation to the service, which is based at Perth Airport.
Mr Millar said: “There is what’s called the ‘golden hour’ which is critical to the wellbeing of the victims of road traffic collisions and I know that I would not be around today if it were not for services such as those provided by SCAA.
“MLS do a lot of fundraising for SCAA and when I found out, I wanted to hand over the cheque to show my appreciation. I also hope that it acts as a reminder to others of how vital their service is.
“I’m standing here right now, but it could have been so very different for me.”
David Craig, chief executive officer of SCAA, said: “We are very grateful to MLS and to James for their donation. As a charity which relies 100% on funds from the public, it will contribute to the daily life-saving work of SCAA.
“With road traffic collisions representing a high proportion of all our call-outs, the support we receive from the motorcycling community is tremendous.”
To date, the charity has flown to 340 traffic incidents and of these, 114 involved bikers.