DOUGLAS Chamberlain is a remarkable but modest man.

We know that for he often asks us not to make a fuss.

But it really is worth making a bit of noise about the professor. The Hove cardiologist was the founder of the paramedic service in Europe and the man whose tireless persuasion managed to bring new portable defibrillators over here from the US.

It is difficult to quantify how many lives have been saved outside hospital both by the machine and by the knowledge ambulance service workers gained by stepping up to be paramedics.

But a considerable number will be alive today thanks to his indefatigable spirit and his considerable expertise. Of course he has many other strings to his bow.

Now the 85-year-old has helped save another life. This time using a defibrillator installed as part of The Argus Save A Life campaign, Prof Chamberlain revived a heart attack victim at a Rotary Club lunch.

There can be no greater proof of the effectiveness of this life-saving measure than that a man is with us today who would not be had the machine not been there.

It requires no skill to use a defibrillator, cannot harm the patient and costs very little to buy and install.

Sorry professor but you deserve all the plaudits that come your way. In typical fashion you say anyone would have done what you did. But it comes as no surprise that you were the one who jumped in.

Our campaign has persuaded more than 50 businesses and organisations to install a defibrillator so far. The campaign continues as does Prof Chamberlain’s remarkable lifetime work.