A defibrillator available outside Marlborough’s public library failed to save the life of a 68-year-old Mop Fair worker when he collapsed on Saturday following a cardiac arrest.
The man, from South Wales, was in the Hyde Lane car park late at night packing his stall into a van when he was taken ill. Paramedics attempted to save his life by using the defibrillator to resuscitate him, but without success.
Pat Harper, spokeswoman for the Friends of Savernake Hospital, which is holding a defibrillator training day at Marlborough Town Hall later this month, pointed out how important defibrillators are.
Referring to Saturday’s collapse, she told Marlborough News Online: “This is very timely, as the defib on the wall of Marlborough’s public library was used on Saturday night when one of the Mop Fair traders collapsed with a heart attack.
“Unfortunately, the poor man died, but at least access to the defib meant that everything possible was done to save him.”
