A Bronglais Hospital doctor’s bid to install a life-saving defibrillator at Glandyfi has been held up by authorities over electricity supply issues.

The Welsh Government has said it supports the placement of a defibrillator but says it can’t give permission for the electricity supply in a layby it owns to be used, while Ceredigion council has said it can’t assist as the layby is owned by the Welsh Government.

That has prompted Dr Nicola Allen to seek advice from charity Welsh Hearts who have said that the defibrillator can be placed at the layby but the battery must be kept warm during the winter period to ensure the defibrillator will work.

Dr Allen is also continuing her fundraising campaign to buy a second defibrillator which would be placed at the Dovey Junction station after the station manager agreed to the proposal.

But for now, the defibrillator that Dr Allen had raised money to buy has been unable to be sited.

Dr Allen said: “There is good news and bad news. The good news is I have the defibrillator sitting on my kitchen table ready to be installed.

"Bad news; looks like I won’t be able to install it in the layby as the Welsh Government don’t want anything to do with it, aside from being agreeable to me installing it there, and Ceredigion council can’t intervene or help.

“Failing that, my partner Mike is currently in the process of getting a solar panel so that we can try and install it on our garage.

“It won’t be in the layby, but still in view for the public.”

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