Ragusa: San Giacomo Go Host Defibrillator Meeting Saturday 10 October, Contrade Cardioprotette Project

Something don land for San Giacomo, one frazione of Ragusa: dem don install the first Defibrillatore Semiautomatico Esterno (DAE) wey belong to the Comune Ragusa project wey dem call “Contrade Cardioprotette”. The machine dey for Parrocchia Beata Maria Vergine di Lourdes. And to explain to people wetin this thing mean, dem set one meeting for Saturday 10 October 2026, 9am, for Teatro Parrocchiale Beata Maria Vergine di Lourdes, San Giacomo. The meeting open for everybody.

Wetin go happen for the meeting? Qualified personnel go show how the defibrillator dey work and wetin person suppose do for the first minutes of emergency, while dem still dey wait for soccorso to reach. One of the reports note say na for those minutes the action of who dey present fit make difference. So the meeting no be only about the device; e dey about information and awareness on cardioprotezione, prevention and safety.

Assessore alle Contrade e Frazioni Andrea Distefano tok say with the installation of the first DAE dem don do one concrete first step, but the project “Contrade Cardioprotette” no suppose and no must stop for just the presence of defibrillator. Him talk say dem want community wey get more information and conscience, wey sabi how to behave for the first moments of emergency, and dem start from San Giacomo with the aim to extend the path small small to other contrade of the territory. Assessore alla Sanità e alla Protezione Civile Giovanni Iacono also tok say informing citizens on correct behaviour for emergency situations mean contributing to build community wey prepare pass and safe pass. The Protezione civile comunale dey take part for the initiative, and Iacono tok say the Protezione Civile get important role for spreading prevention culture, and say the meeting na occasion for sensibilisation and participation.

San Giacomo na the first stop. The plan wey the Comune dey talk na to carry cardioprotezione go other contrade one step at a time, and join every device with information work for residents, no be only to drop defibrillator. For now the next thing to watch na the meeting itself: Saturday 10 October 2026, 9am, Teatro Parrocchiale Beata Maria Vergine di Lourdes, San Giacomo, open to the whole cittadinanza.