Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, Naeve Health Care Foundation, Albert Lea Police Department, Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office and the Freeborn County Fire Association will hold a press conference to announce the completion of the Automated External Defibrillators portion of fundraising campaign, “The Beat Goes On.”

The press conference will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday in the medical center’s ambulance garage.

“The Beat Goes On,” was a $327,000 effort by NHCF to raise money for crucial, cutting-edge cardiac care equipment for area first responders and the medical center’s ambulance services, cardiology, and cardiac rehab departments.

The campaign benefitted four different areas: Purchasing AEDs for area first responders, the latest cardiac monitors for the medical center’s ambulances, an Enhanced External Counter Pulsation treatment system for the Cardiology department, and a new computer system for the Cardiac Rehab department.

Thirty-eight AEDs were purchased with community donations toward the AED portion of the campaign.