“It’s now potential” to put defibrillators in distant villages, Well being Minister Michael Damianos mentioned on Sunday.
In a social media put up hailing the position of a defibrillator within the Troodos mountain village of Polystypos, he mentioned his ministry “has all the time acted in such a manner as to protect human life and promote well being”.
He added that the defibrillator was offered to the village following cooperation between the well being ministry and the non-profit the Spiritus Invictus basis.
“By this collaboration, it’s now potential to put defibrillators in distant villages and prepare individuals to make use of them,” he mentioned.
Defibrillators had been first put in in public locations in Cyprus in 2009, with then-health minister Christos Patsalides stressing their significance.
“Cardiac arrest can occur to anybody, anyplace, any time and underneath any circumstances… In busy locations corresponding to authorities buildings, resorts, airports, ports, sports activities centres and elsewhere, there may be elevated likelihood of a cardiac arrest,” he mentioned.
