Finally, the defibrillator, the external life- saving device during cardiac arrest, has been installed in our town. It is placed in public locations, mainly on lottery kiosks and old payphone booths.
The defib. is meant for untrained people who by pushing the right button activate an electric shock helping the collapsed person survive until ambulance with the rescue team arrives. Everyone on the street, they say, could be a life saver.
I 've noticed, though, there are no instructions on this yellow colored device, except for the one, demanding to dial the urgency number 101 when an emergency occurs. Probably at that number one gets the necessary information on what needs to be done (buttons are under lock).
As I understand, Mifal Hapais (national Lotttery of Israel), which owns the lottery kiosks, is funding these devices.The phone booths are the property of the giant phone company Bezek.
As most of the phone booths are not in use any more, but still need some maintenance, it is now for the Magen David Adom (Israel's national Emergency organization) to bear the responsability for them; it's a win-win situation.
May we never need to use the defib! The sad reality, however, is that we often hear about cases of cardiac arrest. There's even a rise in the number of cases now, probably having something to do with the Covid infection.