The medical centre in Benitaxell on the Costa Blanca has received a “much-travelled’ defibrillator from the Teulada -Moraira Lions Club.The way in which the defibrillator has actuall reached Benitaxell is an unusual one.
A 20/20 cricket match was organised by two teams ,not just at any old venue but at the Everest base camp.The funds raised were to be donated to the Lord’s Taverners and the Sherpa Trust ,a charity which supports the families of sherpa’s who are in need of help.The match would also be listed as a world record for being a cricket match which had taken place at the highest elevation above sea level.
The match was played in April and had a lot of media coverage and it raised about 100,000 pounds.Included in those who took part there was a four strong medical team and a part of their kit was a defibrillator.When they returned to the UK the machine was no longer needed and in fact it was never used on Everest.
There was a connection between someone who took part in the cricket match and someone in the Teulada -Moraira Lions and as the Lions had been looking for a defibrillator it was decided to give the Everest Cricket a donation in exchange for the machine.The rest is history so to speak and now the machine is in Benitaxell.The hisory of the machine will most certainly be a talking point when it is being usedon a patient.
