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Wednesday 28 October 2020
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‘I was dead for 13 minutes’ Leanne meets her lifesavers after heart attack
Jonty Dine Reporter
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Leanne Perrin has been given a second chance at life. The 45-year-old was dead for 13 minutes following a heart attack a few weeks ago. However, she was miraculously back on her feet within days of the life-changing incident. Leanne had been with friends the night before when she felt the pain in her chest at about 8am the next morning. She told her friend to call the ambulance, and that was her last memory of the day. Paramedic Katrina Mister and EMT Max Wells were the first on the scene and found Leanne unresponsive so they began the defibrillation process as her ten-
year-old son Rory stayed by her side. The ambulance officers needed to break ribs and drill into her leg to administer intravenous drugs during the resuscitation. Leanne also contracted pneumonia following her surgery. With her heart now down to just 15 per cent function, she is limited to only ten minutes of walking per day. However, she is just grateful to be alive. “Before this, I took my life for granted.” Last week, Leanne was able to personally thank the two people who helped bring her back from the brink. It was an emotional reunion as Leanne embraced her lifesavers.
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Leanne Perrin with one of the ambulance officers who saved her life, Katrina Mister. Photo: Jonty Dine.
Govt approves 850k for safer streets Staff Reporter More than $850,000 will go towards traffic calming measures in Nelson South after fears that the city might miss out altogether on the government funding. Kawai, Tipahi and Tukuka Streets will benefit from a new people-
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first road layout after Nelson City Council’s application for Innovating Streets for People funding was approved by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Innovating Streets for People programme aims to make it faster and easier to transition
our streets to safer and more liveable spaces. The money will be used to trial innovative traffic calming measures in the area. These measures could include colourfully designed on-street art, planter boxes, build-outs from the kerb that will partially
narrow the street, astro turfed sections at street corners and speed cushions. This initiative will see build out areas that can be used for community spaces such as picnic table areas, community garden spaces and areas for community artwork.
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The funding of $851,000 covers 90 per cent of the costs of the project, with a further $94,000 provided by council. The council initially put forward an application to the fund for measures to help pedestrianise parts of the city
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