Defibrillator replaces stolen unit in Drouin
An Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) stolen from Drouin in August has been replaced.
The original defibrillator was installed by the Drouin Rotary Club on the front wall of Coles Drouin supermarket in May.
The club has replaced the stolen unit with a new one inside the store.
It was one of the club’s community service projects, and was to provide AEDs in readily-accessible public locations in the town.
Rotary past-president Leigh Bates, who is leading the AED project, said that given the supermarket’s opening hours of 6am to 11pm, the unit would be available during the more likely hours of public need – when people were out-andabout.
He said that any need for an AED outside store hours, could be met by accessing the other unit which the club had installed on the front wall of the Hong Kong Inn in the main street. He remarked that this unit already had been used to assist a person in need.
President David Proposch said that throughout the project, the club had been appreciative of the ready co-operation received from Coles manager. Conrad Taylor, in enabling the unit to be installed, so providing an essential service in the town.
He thanked Rotarians Leigh Bates and Bill Petschack for their work in installing the new unit.
David said also that such projects were financed from earnings from the club’s fundraising efforts such as the monthly produce and craft market, which celebrated its 16th birthday last month and turned in a record result for the club. He said that the other major fund-raisers were the Motorfest and Swap Meet coming up in March and April next year.