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Stephen reunited with his lifesavers




Quick-thinking women used defibrillator after 82-year-old collapsed in street

HERE’S Hungerford heart victim Stephen Corp, reunited with his saviours.

The last time they saw 82-year-old Mr Corp, he was lying, unconscious, in the street without a pulse.

But the women used one of the town’s new defibrillators to literally shock him back to life.

The drama happened at around 1pm on Wednesday, February 17, in Fairview Road.

Resident Michelle Whiting said at the time: “A lady walking her dog knocked on my door to say a man had collapsed in apparent cardiac arrest.”

Mrs Whiting and dog walker Maria Bachvarova flagged down a car being driven by villager Michelle Harris and, together with another local, Annabelle Ward, they applied cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as instructed by a 999 operator.

Mrs Whiting, who works at Hungerford Surgery, said she got the defibrillator from the One Stop shop and managed to get him breathing again by the time the ambulance arrived.

Medics treated Mr Corp in the street for around 20 minutes before taking him to hospital, where he spent several weeks recuperating.

Mr Corp, who lives in Lindley Lodge, said: “I remember going shopping.

“I suffer from atrial fibrillation but I don’t remember feeling dizzy.

“Hungerford is a beautiful town but the pavements can be terrible.

“I seem to remember falling... I thought I’d tripped.

“But it was like falling off the world. Can’t remember anything after that, except waking up in hospital.”

Once he had recovered and was back, home, Mr Corp went to his local One Stop shop, where the defibrillator was sited, to try to find the ladies who had saved his life.

Mrs Whiting, married to Hungerford town councillor Paul Whiting, said she was surprised and delighted to have received a visit from Mr Corp.

In his role as town councillor, Mr Whiting recently voted to adopt the six defibrillators in Hungerford.

He said: “I just think it shows these machines are worth their weight in gold. You don’t need special training to use them to save a life.”

The One Stop machine is one of six which former ambulance technician Neale Marney helped to fund and install around the town.

The other five are sited at the town library in Church Street, the Royal British Legion in Church Way, John O’Gaunt School in Priory Road and CPI Ltd in Smitham Bridge Road.



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