Sophie Owen says her father Chris's life might have been saved if a defibrillator was at hand
A student whose father died after collapsing outside their home is raising awareness of heart-related deaths at her university.Ms Owen, now 21, has helped get a defibrillator installed at the University of Leicester's new business school where she is studying.Ms Owen, a human resource management student, said she had found a neighbour trying to resuscitate her father, 54, on the driveway outside their home.
Ms Owen pushed for a defibrillator to be installed at the site where she studies, the Brookfield Centre in Leicester. Ms Owen, from Worksop in Nottinghamshire, said: "I made some investigations, and found out a defibrillator was going to be installed, but not for some months. "After speaking to the university, I'm delighted to say we now have a defib at the front of the building."Ms Owen has has also pushed for a series of measures to help raise awareness among students and staff about cardiac arrest and heart disease, including a heart health workshop on 21 March.She said: "My dad's family had a history of heart problems, and he did too, but he buried his head in the sand.
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