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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

MP warns that poorer areas are worst places in country for crucial life-saving defibs

Cardiac arrest victims are less likely to be saved by a defibrillator if they live in a poorer part of the country, MPs have heard.

Abena Oppong-Asare, granted a debate after a constituent lost her father due to a dearth of defibrillators, highlighted our campaign to fellow MPs in the Commons.

She said: “I would like to thank the Mirror, who have run a lengthy campaign to install defibrillators in public spaces.

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