“THERE is a need to improve the city’s health centers and provide it with life-saving equipment such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to better respond to heart attack incidents in communities far from hospitals.”
Davao City mayoral candidate Karlo Nograles made this observation in a social media post, saying that as the holiday season began, he saw the need to provide health centers with AEDs for better medical attention and services.
Nograles, former Civil Service Commission chief, stressed that “heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country and it is important that the health centers and other public places like gyms and parks are equipped with AEDs” which are effective tools during heart-related emergencies.
“Now that the holiday season is here and we are inclined to eat more because of the feasts, were really need to have adequate supply of equipment in our health centers to effectively respond to emergency situations where life is at stake,” Nograles said.
He added that AEDs could spell the difference between life and death especially for people living in far-flung areas.
“AEDs are portable devices used in tandem with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during cardiac arrest,” he added.
