Government has paid for a life-saving defibrillator to be installed outside its main office in Douglas. 

The Cabinet Office and the Treasury have funded the device which is now located on Bucks Road. 

Chief Minister Howard Quayle says: "Government Office is a busy building at the heart of the capital with a significant number of workers and visitors. 

"It makes sense to have a defibrillator on the premises."

The device is easily identifiable from its distinctive – and unique to the Isle of Man – bright green cabinet and signage.

Dave Scambler is the Ambulance Service's Public Access Defibrillator Co-ordinator - he says: "As many as seven in 10 people who suffer a cardiac arrest could survive if they were treated with a defibrillator within the first five minutes. 

"The more defibrillators that can be made available in the community, and the more people who feel confident to use them, the better the chances of a patient surviving a cardiac arrest."

The devices are automated, giving instructions to the user on how to setup the device and administer an electric shock that can restart the heart’s normal rhythm. 

Devices can be accessed by dialling 999 and asking for the four digit key code.