VILLAGERS in Trawden are busy raising money for a life saving defibrillator which can be used by anyone to help heart attack victims.
The £3,000 machine "speaks" to the user giving instructions on how to operate it and it will be kept in local shops, post office or even the pub.
A coffee morning and bric-a-brac stall were held in the village community centre to raise funds towards the £3,000 cost of the machine.
The event was organised by the surgery committee which in recent years has raised around £20,000 to provide equipment which would not normally be provided in a village or small town surgery.
Chairman Harry Ellis said: "The idea of the defibrillator is that it can be used by anyone in the village in an emergency."
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