A Highland distillery is supporting a campaign started by a leading golfer whose life was saved by a defibrillator after he had a heart attack.
Former Ryder Cup captain, Bernard Gallacher, spent several days in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after falling ill at a function in the city last August.
He is only alive today because the venue had a defibrillator which restored his heartbeat and, since then, he has campaigned to make more of them available throughout Scotland.
His appeal has been taken on board by Tomatin Distillery, which has purchased three machines, with two in place at its premises and another donated to a local golf club.
More than 50 staff, as well as 20,000 annual visitors to the distillery, will now have the added protection of the emergency response equipment should the need arise.
Meanwhile, Carrbridge Golf Club, which hosted the Tomatin Distillery Scottish competition on Sunday, has taken delivery of the other defibrillator.
The event was abandoned due to bad weather and now has been rescheduled for Sunday, August 31.
More money will be raised for Mr Gallacher’s campaign, which he launched last December, at the company’s next sponsored event, the annual Tomatin Single Malt Homecoming Pro-Am.
He will captain one of the teams, as more than 300 golfers compete, over three days next month, at Castle Stuart, Royal Dornoch, and the Nairn Golf Club, from September 30 to October 2.
All three courses have defibrillators available in emergencies, while Royal Dornoch is currently raising money for the Bernard Gallacher campaign to have another machine at the course’s halfway house.
Graham Eunson, Tomatin Distillery’s general manager, said: “The main driver behind the purchase of the defibrillators was our connection with Bernard Gallacher’s campaign and learning from hearing him talk about it.”