After many hospital visits, medication, and different technologies to keep his heart in shape as the years progressed, it was in 1999 that he was fitted with his first defib.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23796388.glasgow-patient-hails-man-donated-heart-biggest-hero/?ref=rss

"The investigation found that on the balance of probability, there had been an omission in the standard of care in the absence of compressions and the application of the defib pads.

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“We didn’t know if they would be used, we hoped they wouldn’t need to be, but the reality is that if that defib wasn’t in that location at that time, things may not have turned out this way.”

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