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Lynn Cleal was awarded OBE for her work as chair of the St John Scotland Public Access Defibrillator Scheme, which was inspired by the Garelochhead and Rosneath Peninsula group.

How a group of residents became lifesavers for one peninsula

When ambulance cover for a community in Argyll and Bute was cut back, a group ...

By Julian Calvert, The Lochside Press

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