Steve Morris started the Survival Can Be Shocking campaign after he suffered a cardiac arrest whilst working out on a treadmill at the King's Centre gym and was saved by staff trained in the use of a defibrillator.

 

Steve has already brought one debfibrillator to the town which is installed in Queen’s Walk and has now secured the money to buy a second for the High Street area, from the East Grinstead and District Lions Club. However, he needs one of the High Street traders to agree to “host” the modestly-sized unit on an outside wall of their premises where it would be accessible 24/7 for use by the public in an emergency.

 

After the meeting, Sir Nicholas said:

 

“I was delighted to meet this morning with Steve Morris, who has done so much to raise knowledge about the essential requirement for public access to defibrillators, I am looking forward to hearing soon about some new sites in East Grinstead and I will support Steve along the way.”