The HeartStart
Foundation ABN : 30 284 021 508
Endorsed for charity tax concessions
"HEART 
START"
A ROTARY CLUB OF WILLIAMSTOWN PROJECT
IN
DISTRICT 9800
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The HeartStart
Foundation ABN : 30 284 021 508
A ROTARY CLUB OF WILLIAMSTOWN PROJECT |
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At our Rotary Club’s Christmas Party (2004) last year we
met a young family that had just experienced a parent’s worst nightmare.
They had been called up during a normal work day to be advised their 10
year old son had just collapsed at school.
Luckily he survived and within 4 weeks had been diagnosed as having Long
QT Syndrome. The Rotary Club of Williamstown, through our Past
President Claude Bury’s close association with the Heart Unit of the
Children’s Hospital, have embarked on a program called Heart Start.
As part of this program the Club was able to present this young family
with an external auto defibrillator following a recommendation from the
Children’s Hospital. It
came as great comfort to this family that this $4500.00 unit had been provided
by the Rotary Club to act as guardian and safeguard the health of their
loved one before they had had a chance to really understand the ramifications of
Long QT Syndrome.
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