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Daily Record
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Kaiya Marjoribanks

Lifesaving defibrillator installed to safeguard young footballers at Stirling Albion academy

Young footballers - and the rest of the community - are feeling safer thanks to a new debrillator.

Stirling Albion Junior Academy received a defibrillator from the Grassroots Football defibrillator scheme late last year and venue owners Active Stirling have now installed the device.

Research shows that more than 90 per cent of sudden cardiac arrests in young athletes happen either during or immediately after exercise.

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