People could needlessly lose their lives in Co Cork because the location of many defibrillators isn't known to the ambulance service and some aren't working because their batteries and pads are not properly maintained.

A WOMAN spoke yesterday about how her father’s sudden death inspired her to raise enough money to install life-saving defibrillators on the streets of her town.

A GUIDE on how communities can respond rapidly to someone who has collapsed, or whose heart has stopped, was introduced yesterday by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

The Government was today called on to reduce the number of deaths from cardiac arrest by investing in life-saving school resuscitation programmes.