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Golfer says ‘thanks’ to his life-saver

September 11, 2017/in Industry News, Press Release/by External Source

Golfer who ‘died’ for 18 minutes on seventh hole says ‘thanks’ to his life-saver: A pub landlord has been reunited with the greenkeeper who gave him life-saving CPR when he collapsed on a golf-course and ‘died’ for 18 minutes. Steve Garrard, who runs The Punch Bowl pub in The Groves alongside his wife, Jan, suffered a […]

Enhanced Peace Of Mind With Kubota Care

September 7, 2017/in Machinery, Press Release/by Katja Benischke

Kubota Offers Enhanced Peace Of Mind And Tractor Protection With Kubota Care: Kubota UK, one of the leading suppliers of agriculture and groundcare machinery solutions, is offering new and current customers the highest levels of machinery repair cost protection and peace of mind through its innovative and enhanced Kubota Care programme. By choosing Kubota Care, customers […]

Golfer says ‘thanks’ to his life-saver

September 11, 2017/in Industry News, Press Release/by External Source

Enhanced Peace Of Mind With Kubota Care

September 7, 2017/in Machinery, Press Release/by Katja Benischke

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Golfer says ‘thanks’ to his life-saver

September 11, 2017/in Industry News, Press Release/by External Source

Golfer who ‘died’ for 18 minutes on seventh hole says ‘thanks’ to his life-saver: A pub landlord has been reunited with the greenkeeper who gave him life-saving CPR when he collapsed on a golf-course and ‘died’ for 18 minutes.

Steve Garrard, who runs The Punch Bowl pub in The Groves alongside his wife, Jan, suffered a heart attack as he played the seventh hole at Heworth Golf Course on June 5.

Mark Hirst, the course’s head greenkeeper was working nearby and rushed to help the 57-year-old and started CPR while emergency services were called in.

“It looked like he had taken his last gasp,” explained Mr Hist, 37.

“I didn’t want to see a fellow human die in front of me so I started doing chest compressions.

“Within a minute or so of doing that I saw him gasp.

“His heart was clearly in a very bad situation, so I continued doing CPR until paramedics arrived and took over.”

Paramedics used a defibrillator six times to shock his heart back into a regular rhythm.

Mr Garrard was taken to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, by Yorkshire Air Ambulance and was placed in an induced coma on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) for 10 days.

The dad-of-one underwent a triple heart bypass on June 15 and spent six weeks in hospital before doctors discharged him.

The pair have since been reunited so Mr Garrard could thank Mr Hirst for his lifesaving intervention.

Mr Garrard said: “It’s amazing what Mark did and I cannot thank him enough. I feel lucky to be alive because my heart stopped beating for 18 minutes.” The publican has no memory of the events, but his wife believes her husband was feeling unwell on the morning he set off to play golf.

However, she could not have predicted what happened next.

She received a phone call from her husband’s golf partner Richard Cussans explaining what had happened and the pair drove to the hospital together.

Mrs Garrard spent the next six weeks at her husband’s bedside and was able to see him in hospital every day while he was in Middlesbrough after a customer offered her one of his homes to stay in.

She said: “I was worrying all the time about him not coming out of the coma.

“It was touch and go and nobody knew how well he would be once he came out of surgery.

“We said ‘let’s get him through the operation’ and see what happens after that. I’m just grateful for everyday now and I get quite emotional thinking and talking about it, and it still brings a lump to my throat.”

The heart attack, which doctors blamed on Mr Garrard smoking, has forced him to quit work and cigarettes, but he is still hopeful of getting back out on the golf course when he is well enough. The couple are raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance and held an event at the The Punch Bowl pub last Saturday.

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Enhanced Peace Of Mind With Kubota Care

September 7, 2017/in Machinery, Press Release/by Katja Benischke

Kubota Offers Enhanced Peace Of Mind And Tractor Protection With Kubota Care: Kubota UK, one of the leading suppliers of agriculture and groundcare machinery solutions, is offering new and current customers the highest levels of machinery repair cost protection and peace of mind through its innovative and enhanced Kubota Care programme.

By choosing Kubota Care, customers can rest assured that all major service and maintenance works will be conducted by trained and authorised service engineers from their local Kubota dealer, with only Kubota genuine parts and lubricants utilised, ensuring maximum machinery performance and reliability.

Available on all M Series and L Series tractors, the manufacturer supported extended warranty programme ensures Kubota customers can safeguard their tractor against any unforeseen repair costs during the first five years of ownership*. Customers simply decide the service hour usage at the time of purchase, so they only pay for the hours they use.

Keith Miller, Service and Training Manager at Kubota UK, said: “Ensuring our machinery performs to the highest levels throughout its lifetime is vitally important and Kubota Care is a great reflection of the belief and confidence we have in the quality and reliability of our products.

“In addition to keeping equipment maintained to the highest standard, Kubota Care ensures that the service engineers trained by Kubota are the individuals who will be carrying out all essential and critical maintenance work. This not only helps to maintain the product, but it also allows the dealer and customer to mutually plan for this work to occur at the most convenient time, allowing for better utilisation of time resource that increases machine uptime and results in greater productivity. Additionally, the interaction created locally enables a more expansive and communicative relationship between all parties involved.”

Kubota Care customers have the option to part exchange their tractor for another machine from the Kubota M and L Series range at any time whilst still reaping all the benefits of the warranty programme. In addition to the service and maintenance benefits, customers who utilise Kubota Care can also make the most of an enhanced machinery resale value during the five-year term, as Kubota Care is transferable with the tractor and its full-service history.

Kubota Care should be applied for at the time of purchase (within 30 days) and covers repair costs for an additional 36-month period (after the standard one year and conditional two-year warranty options) for five years, or a maximum of 5,000 hours use.

A new simplified pricing structure means it is now even simpler to obtain a quote. The programme sets out to allow Kubota owners to operate their tractors with a known budgeted fixed cost throughout the product work cycle and to ensure the highest level of uptime and productivity.

For more information on Kubota and Kubota Care, visit www.kubota.co.uk or call 01844 268000.

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